Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable. Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes From Mignon McLaughlin Don't ask others to forgive in you a sin they're dying to commit themselves. Mignon McLaughlin forgivingsindying 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 teensteenageinspirational Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. Mignon McLaughlin womengirlheart Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt. Mignon McLaughlin dirteatingrevenge A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch. Mignon McLaughlin marriagehusbandlooks I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine. Mignon McLaughlin finehatewinning After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does. Mignon McLaughlin tantrumsdoefriendly Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between. Mignon McLaughlin womenmurderlittles Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. Mignon McLaughlin marriagewittyfunny You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. Mignon McLaughlin wise-wordsactioncharacter We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose. Mignon McLaughlin purposehelpingmanners 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 summerlifepeople In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one. Mignon McLaughlin sense-of-humorvillainhero Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once. Mignon McLaughlin effortimpossibletwo 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-daymighttelevision At the beginning of a love affair, not even the neurotic is neurotic. Mignon McLaughlin neuroticlove-affairaffair The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth. Mignon McLaughlin bodysoulsleep 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 womenfunnyhands The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it. Mignon McLaughlin richpleasurepoor 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 billsemotionalpay
