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
spring mirrors broken
It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.
women want women-want
No woman wants to see herself too clearly.
children parent faults
If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.
falling-in-love men want
When a man falls in love, he wants to go to bed. When a woman falls in love, she wants to talk about it.
men trouble
The trouble with women is men; the trouble with men, men.
falling-in-love firsts feels
When first we fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.
worst worst-things ifs
If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did.
children our-children
It must infuriate our children to see us always so much more forbearing with everybody else's.
forgiving dying sin
Don't ask others to forgive in you a sin they're dying to commit themselves.
integrity vices virtue
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.
dog children home
Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.
women littles murder
Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between.
women naked thirty
Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty.
sex revenge loneliness
Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.