Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

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  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

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

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• The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Life, Marriage

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

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• The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Ignorance, People, Knows

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

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• What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Change, Moving Forward, Pay The Price

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.30, BookBaby

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• When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Giving Up, Democracy, Firsts

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

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• Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hope, Feelings, Permanent

  The Neurotic's Notebook ch. 5 (1963)

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• Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Character, Yesterday, Effort

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.65, BookBaby

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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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• If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Anniversary, Marriage

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

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• We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Inspirational, Running, Time

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.78, BookBaby

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• A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Firsts, Hotel

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.30, 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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• Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Risk, Catastrophe

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

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• If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Worst, Worst Things, Ifs

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

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• There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Motivational, Women, Procrastination

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.107, BookBaby

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• Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Being Yourself, Kindness, Compassion

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

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• Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Valentines Day

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

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• A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Inspirational, Marriage, Sorry

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

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• Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Blessing, Trying

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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Courage, Army, Bravery

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

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• Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Running, People, Justice

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

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