Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 9

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• In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Habit, Contagious, Measles

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

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• We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Generosity, Giving, Reputation

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

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• We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Cities, Firsts, Literature

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.27, BookBaby

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• Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Suicide, Dream, Good Life

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

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• All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Love Is, Men

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

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• When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Pain, Philosophy, Philosophical

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

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• There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Atheist, Believe, Doubt

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• The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Writing, Heart, Joy

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

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• A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Broken Heart, Breakup, Ache

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

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• Money is much more exciting than anything it buys.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Money, Fairy, Exciting

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

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• Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Attitude, People

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• Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Emergencies, Bears

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

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• What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Effort, Wise Words, Wholeheartedly

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

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• Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Opportunity, Blessing, Boredom

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

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• Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Sports, Fun, Husband

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

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• The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Forever, Excess

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.27, BookBaby

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• Elegimos aquellos que nos gusta, con los que amamos, no tenemos voz en el asunto.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mature Love, Mature

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• Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Nice, Flower

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

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• The marriage of convenience has this to recommend it: we are better judges of convenience than we are of love.

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  Marriage, Judging, Convenience

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

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• Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Failure, Old Friends, Comfortable

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.12, BookBaby

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• We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Friendship, Real, Thoughtful

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• What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Marriage, Witty

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.22, BookBaby

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• We semaphore from ship to ship, but they're sinking, too.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Ships, Sinking

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.75, BookBaby

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• Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.

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  Marriage, Our World, Break

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

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• Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Happiness, Happy, Back When

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.97, BookBaby

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