Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix. Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes From Mignon McLaughlin Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable. Mignon McLaughlin uniqueness unpredictable patterns What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us. Mignon McLaughlin teens teenage inspirational Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. Mignon McLaughlin women girl heart Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt. Mignon McLaughlin dirt eating revenge A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch. Mignon McLaughlin marriage husband looks I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine. Mignon McLaughlin fine hate winning After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does. Mignon McLaughlin tantrums doe friendly Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between. Mignon McLaughlin women murder littles Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. Mignon McLaughlin marriage witty funny You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. Mignon McLaughlin wise-words action character We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose. Mignon McLaughlin purpose helping manners We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay. Mignon McLaughlin summer life people In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one. Mignon McLaughlin sense-of-humor villain hero Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once. Mignon McLaughlin effort impossible two Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money. Mignon McLaughlin each-day might television At the beginning of a love affair, not even the neurotic is neurotic. Mignon McLaughlin neurotic love-affair affair The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth. Mignon McLaughlin body soul sleep 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. Mignon McLaughlin women funny hands The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it. Mignon McLaughlin rich pleasure poor The neurotic doesn't know how to cope with his emotional bills; some he keeps paying over and over, others he never pays at all. Mignon McLaughlin bills emotional pay
