Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 14

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• Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Way, Neurotic

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

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• Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right.

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  Funny Relationship, Men, Down And

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

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• Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Trying, Trouble, Nobody Knows

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• Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Patterns, Unpredictable, Uniqueness

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.43, BookBaby

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• Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.

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  Funny, Marriage, Witty

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby

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• Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

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  Tears, Cry, Minutes

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

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• Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Country, Cities, Tolerable

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

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• Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there's no such thing as exactly enough.

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  Money, Littles, Too Much

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.101, BookBaby

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• People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.

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  Life, People, Serious

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• So long as God reveals Himself, or doesn't, He is behaving like God.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Long

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• The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Sleep, Soul, Body

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

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• Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Years, Age

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.43, BookBaby

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• A love that lasts for twenty years may be better than love, but it isn't love.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Years, Twenties

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• Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Affair, Restful

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby

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• Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Delay, Diversion

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• Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.

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  Suffering, Doe, Neurotic

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

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• Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.

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  Beauty, Giving, Joy

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

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• The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.

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  Worry, Bottom, Neurotic

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

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• People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.

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  People, Want, Affair

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

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• No woman wants to see herself too clearly.

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  Women, Want, Women Want

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

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• What's for dinner is the only question many husbands ask their wives, and the only one to which they care about the answer.

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  Marriage, Husband, Wife

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

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• There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

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  Children, Writing, Night

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

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• The neurotic would like to trust his analyst - if only because he's paying him so much money. But he can't - because if the analyst really cared, he'd be doing it for nothing.

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  Analysts, Psychiatry, Neurotic

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

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• Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Song, Hate, Quarrels

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• The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Track, Enemy, Minutes

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

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