Mignon McLaughlin (1913 – 1983)
American journalist and author.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.
There are now electrical appliances with the main unit so sealed in that it cannot be got at for repair. There have always been human beings like that.
The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.
Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.
We wake in the night, to stereophonic silence.
Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't.
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.
"I am as I am" is another way of saying "I can do without your love."
People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fiber called courage.
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.
If you had an unhappy childhood, you will always want to sleep late in the morning.
Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood.
The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.
We all dream of being the darling of everybody's darling.