Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlinwas an American journalist and author. In the 1950s, she began publishing aphorisms that were later collected in three books, entitled, The Neurotic’s Notebook, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook and The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook. She is known for a number of quotes, among them:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 June 1913
CountryUnited States of America
godly hiding easy
I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.
sex men average
Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man.
children parent monsters
A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.
differences helping our-lives
Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.
men keys goes-on
Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.
children home parent
The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.
sex men desire
Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.
broken-heart ache wounds
A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.
family children blessed
If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.
life murphys-law loses
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
love men love-is
All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.
family understanding bitterness
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.
confidence way waste
We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs.
passion mind welcome
We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.