Mignon McLaughlin

The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.

— Mignon McLaughlin

We wake in the night, to stereophonic silence.

— Mignon McLaughlin

A sense of humour is a major defense against minor troubles.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

— Mignon McLaughlin

In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

— Mignon McLaughlin

My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The hardest learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.

— Mignon McLaughlin

We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like.

— Mignon McLaughlin

After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.

— Mignon McLaughlin

You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.

— Mignon McLaughlin

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

— Mignon McLaughlin

It's wonderful to watch a pretty woman with character grow beautiful.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.

— Mignon McLaughlin

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

— Mignon McLaughlin

If I knew why I worried so much, I wouldn't worry.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.

— Mignon McLaughlin

We semaphore from ship to ship, but they're sinking, too.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

— Mignon McLaughlin

When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Sometimes the pleasure principle gets the best of my better judgment.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between.

— Mignon McLaughlin

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.

— Mignon McLaughlin

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Every creatures stalks some other, and catches it, and is caught.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

— Mignon McLaughlin

If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before.

— Mignon McLaughlin