Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 13

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• If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Health, Sick, Enough

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• Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Women, Looks

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.42, BookBaby

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• As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.

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  Neurotic, Humans

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

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• The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.

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  Airports, Circles, Neurotic

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

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• At night, neurotics may toil not, but oh how they spin!

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Night, Toil, May

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

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• Neurotics have plenty of non-neurotic friends, but not for long.

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  Long, Neurotic, Plenty

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• The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mind, Firsts, Pessimistic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.85, BookBaby

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• They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

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  Cancer, Hard Work, Smoking

  "The Second Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1966.

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• The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Vacation, Two, Firsts

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.48, BookBaby

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• No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Christmas, Children, Giving

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• Men enjoy being thought of as hunters, but are generally too lazy to hunt. Women, on the other hand, love to hunt, but would rather nobody knew it.

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  Funny, Women, Hands

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

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• Goods are displayed by thousands of shopkeepers with a sense of beauty that finds no other outlet.

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  Outlets, Shopkeepers, Goods

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

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• Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.

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  Player, Tennis, Healthy

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• Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them.

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  Missing, Shooting, Barrels

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.66, BookBaby

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• Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice.

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  Class, Choices, Citizens

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

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• It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Spring, Mirrors, Broken

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.66, BookBaby

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• The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.

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  Thinking, Talking, Weather

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.109, BookBaby

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• The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

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  Literature, Young, Revolt

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

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• Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.

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  Psychology, Neurosis, Cold

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

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• It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Trying, Easy

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, BookBaby

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• We can never at any time absorb more love than we're ready for.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Best Love, Ready

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• We wake in the night, to stereophonic silence.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Night, Silence

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

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• There's an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than.

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  Family, Blood, Water

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, BookBaby

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• I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Prayer, Listening, Phrases

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.95, BookBaby

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• The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone - until they do.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Wish, Neurotic

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

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