Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness. Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes From Mignon McLaughlin Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time. Mignon McLaughlin timechildrenyears We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they? Mignon McLaughlin irritatedfoolhypocrisy No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved. Mignon McLaughlin wanted-to-be-lovedconfusedway My thoughts, I guess, are bitter; who but the bitter have thoughts? Mignon McLaughlin my-thoughtsbitterbitterness In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner. Mignon McLaughlin dinnerstufflife If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else. Mignon McLaughlin ifs Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud. Mignon McLaughlin dreamlovechildren It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't. Mignon McLaughlin purity-and-innocenceignorancewisdom Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix. Mignon McLaughlin blessingtryinglife Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play. Mignon McLaughlin playfeelingsbelieve When hope is hungry, everything feeds it Mignon McLaughlin hungry Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality. Mignon McLaughlin lonelinessinsomniareality How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him. Mignon McLaughlin lonelylonelinessgod It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not. Mignon McLaughlin real-friendsfriendshipbelieve Few of us write great novels; all of us live them. Mignon McLaughlin novelwritinglife Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right. Mignon McLaughlin funny-relationshipdown-andmen How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for them. Mignon McLaughlin teenageinspirationalthinking If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping. Mignon McLaughlin marriageanniversarylove We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs. Mignon McLaughlin lampsconfidencethree We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. Mignon McLaughlin reputationgenerositygiving
