Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

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• 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… Any
• Love is often gentle, desire always a rage. Desire
• Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men. Attractive
• Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. American
• A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters. Always Apologizing
• Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards. Confidence
• Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food,… Any
• Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children. Always Seem
• The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well. Big
• Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't. Children
• Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between. Afraid
• Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty. Feel
• A husband only worries about a particular Other Man; a wife distrusts her whole species. Distrust
• Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix. Blessing
• Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just… Across
• There's an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than. Awful
• If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you. Brave
• There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi. Alibi
• Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors. Bear
• We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny" Call

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