Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 15

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• Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Delay, Diversion

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• People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.

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  People, Want, Affair

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.96, BookBaby

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• The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.

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  Sleep, Soul, Body

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

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• Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.

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  Technology, Television

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

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• There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

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  Children, Writing, Night

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

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• People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.

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  Life, People, Serious

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• What's for dinner is the only question many husbands ask their wives, and the only one to which they care about the answer.

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  Marriage, Husband, Wife

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.

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  Beauty, Giving, Joy

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.13, BookBaby

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• Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

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  Creativity, Creative, Pleasure

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• No woman wants to see herself too clearly.

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  Women, Want, Women Want

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.50, BookBaby

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• Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

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  Tears, Cry, Minutes

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.53, BookBaby

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• Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with.

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  Song, Hate, Quarrels

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• Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

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  Marriage, Affair, Restful

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby

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• If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate.

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  Hate, Wise Words, Trade

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

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  Believe, People, Interesting

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• The next voice you hear will undoubtedly be your own.

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  Voice, Next

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• Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.

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  Country, Cities, Tolerable

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

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• The neurotic would like to trust his analyst - if only because he's paying him so much money. But he can't - because if the analyst really cared, he'd be doing it for nothing.

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  Analysts, Psychiatry, Neurotic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.45, BookBaby

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• A love that lasts for twenty years may be better than love, but it isn't love.

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  Marriage, Years, Twenties

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• So long as God reveals Himself, or doesn't, He is behaving like God.

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  God, Long

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• If I knew why I worried so much, I wouldn't worry.

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  Worry, Worried, Ifs

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• God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do!

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  Mankind, Bounty

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.93, BookBaby

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• To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.

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  Cigarette Smoke, Smoking, I Can

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

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• Courage doesn't know what's around the corner, but goes around it anyway.

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  Corners, Knows, Around The Corner

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• Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there's no such thing as exactly enough.

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  Money, Littles, Too Much

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.101, BookBaby

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