So long as God reveals Himself, or doesn't, He is behaving like God. Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin More Quotes From Mignon McLaughlin The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone. Mignon McLaughlin shock Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions. Mignon McLaughlin catastropherisk We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's. Mignon McLaughlin compassionkindnesswar No good neurotic finds it difficult to be both opinionated and indecisive. Mignon McLaughlin indecisiveneuroticdifficult No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it. Mignon McLaughlin infatuationmatterlove A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him. Mignon McLaughlin hypochondriacpillsmedical Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin averagemensex Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back. Mignon McLaughlin being-thankfulfamilyunderstanding The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind. Mignon McLaughlin marriagelovelife Life marks us all down, so it's just as well that we start out by overpricing ourselves. Mignon McLaughlin confidencewellsmark The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones. Mignon McLaughlin familymommother Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. Mignon McLaughlin memorabletimechildren Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head. Mignon McLaughlin hateeyelove There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later. Mignon McLaughlin agegoneyears When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior. Mignon McLaughlin mothermeanfather A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. Mignon McLaughlin laughtertwilightlife Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. Mignon McLaughlin toughperfectionlittles We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair. Mignon McLaughlin citiesliteraturefirsts A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine. Mignon McLaughlin womenablelittles There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt. Mignon McLaughlin atheistdoubtbelieve
