Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 13

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Outlets, Shopkeepers, Goods

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

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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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• Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Comfort, Revelations, Curmudgeon

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.92, BookBaby

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• The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Rich, Pleasure, Poor

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

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• It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Years, Wish

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.90, 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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• 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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• 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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• In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Age, Desire

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

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• People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Beautiful, Eye, Wings

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

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• God is less careful than General Motors, for He floods the world with factory rejects.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  World, Factories, Mankind

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.92, BookBaby

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• Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Knows, Asks

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

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• Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Player, Tennis, Healthy

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Missing, Shooting, Barrels

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

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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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Psychology, Neurosis, Cold

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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Literature, Young, Revolt

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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Family, Blood, Water

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, 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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• 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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• We can never at any time absorb more love than we're ready for.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Best Love, Ready

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