Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 8

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• The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Needs, Young

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

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• If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Bravery, Brave

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

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• After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Couple, Nice

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

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• Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Congratulations, Love Is, And Love

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

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• Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Cookies, Lasts, Manners

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• Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Enthusiasm, Vices, Virtue

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

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• Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Partnership, Businessman

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.27, BookBaby

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• Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Women, Naked, Thirty

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

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• Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Distance

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

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• The fault we admit to is seldom the fault we have, but it has a certain relationship to it, a somewhat similar shape, like that of a sleeve to an arm.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Faults, Shapes, Arms

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

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• Men gossip less than women, but mean it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mean, Men, Gossip

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.49, BookBaby

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• There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Adults, Natural

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.35, BookBaby

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• We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Trust, Bravery, Literature

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

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• Men who don't like girls with brains don't like girls.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Girl, Men, Brain

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

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• If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mirrors, Letters, Rooms

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

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• 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

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• Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Suicide, Dream, Good Life

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

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• We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Generosity, Giving, Reputation

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

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• A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Book, Writing, Reviews

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

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• A husband only worries about a particular Other Man; a wife distrusts her whole species.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Husband, Women

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.33, BookBaby

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• Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Emergencies, Bears

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

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• Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Funny, Witty

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

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• A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Monsters

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.40, BookBaby

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• The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Drinking, Beer, Alcohol

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.58, BookBaby

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• Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back.

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  Family, Being Thankful, Understanding

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

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