Mignon McLaughlin Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Age, Gone

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

• Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Age, Slow Down, Slowing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

• Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Years, Age

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.43, BookBaby

• It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Long, Age, Aging

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

• As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Age, Aging, Capacity

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.71, BookBaby

• In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Age, Desire

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

• A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Birthday, Age, Finals

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

• Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Spiritual, Sloth, Age

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.61, BookBaby

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