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
Mignon McLaughlin quotes about
best-love ready
We can never at any time absorb more love than we're ready for.
confused way wanted-to-be-loved
No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.
mom baby funny-mothers-day
Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.
congratulations love-is and-love
Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.
flirty flirting talking
If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.
years desire youth
In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.
aging appetite capacity
As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.
long aging middle
It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?
love-is forever excess
The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.
anxiety neurotic accidents
Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.
people wish neurotic
The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone — until they do.
way neurotic
Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
anxiety half drowning
The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.
people way odd
Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.