Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 2

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• Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

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  Love, Dream, Children

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

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• It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

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  Inspirational, Change, Fear

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.111, BookBaby

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

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  Hope, Feelings, Permanent

  The Neurotic's Notebook ch. 5 (1963)

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• For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

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  Life, Night, Literature

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

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• True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

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  Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Regret

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

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• With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Society, Year One

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.74, BookBaby

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• Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Atheist, Sound, Literature

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

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• Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.

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  Life, Writing, Novel

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.87, 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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• It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Women, Upset

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

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• Every group feels strong once it has found a scapegoat.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Strong, Groups, Found

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

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• The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

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  Courage, Cancer, Grief

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.67, BookBaby

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• We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Matter, Infatuation

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

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• Flesh goes on pleasuring us, and humiliating us, right to the end.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Goes On, Body, Flesh

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.108, BookBaby

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• We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.

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  Happiness, Happy, Attitude

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

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

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  Courage, Army, Bravery

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

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• When a man falls in love, he wants to go to bed. When a woman falls in love, she wants to talk about it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Falling In Love, Men, Bed

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.51, BookBaby

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• The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

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  Gambling, Anxiety, Risk

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.106, BookBaby

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• We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs.

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  Confidence, Three, Lamps

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

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

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  Motivational, Women, Procrastination

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

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• We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Character, Personality, Admire

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• You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

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  Writing, Growth, Pages

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

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• Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Men, Attractive

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.52, 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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• The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances.

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  Past, Entrepreneur, Special

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

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