Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 2

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• It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Women, Upset

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

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• The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Desire, Three, Modern Life

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

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• The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Past, Your Past, Feels

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.106, BookBaby

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• If an article is attractive, or useful, or inexpensive, they'll stop making it tomorrow; if it's all three, they stopped making it yesterday.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Yesterday, Three, Tomorrow

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.68, BookBaby

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• Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Depression, Together, Said

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.55, BookBaby

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• Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Tragedy, Losing, Failing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.55, BookBaby

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• The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Gambling, Anxiety, Risk

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.106, BookBaby

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• Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Beautiful, Depressing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.54, BookBaby

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• Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Men, Attractive

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.52, BookBaby

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• How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Girl, Men, Wind

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.23, BookBaby

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• Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Girl, Women, Heart

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

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• Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Cutting, Half, Want

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.28, BookBaby

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• Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Perfection, Standards, Ifs

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• God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Enemy, Devil, Common

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.91, BookBaby

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• The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Thinking, World, Polonius

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

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• Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Atheist, Sound, Literature

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.94, BookBaby

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• With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Society, Year One

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.74, BookBaby

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• Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Writing, Novel

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.87, BookBaby

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• For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Night, Literature

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

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• The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Best Love, Women, Heart

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

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• Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.

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  Courage, Army, Bravery

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.56, BookBaby

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• We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

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  Love, Matter, Infatuation

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.25, BookBaby

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• We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Furniture, Motive

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

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• We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Happiness, Happy, Attitude

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.69, BookBaby

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• True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Regret

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

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