Mignon McLaughlin (June 6, 1913 – December 20, 1983) was an American journalist and author.
We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.
Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.
Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can.
Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.
A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.
Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.
Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago.
Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't.
Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.
We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
We can never at any time absorb more love than we're ready for.
Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.
Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.
A productive marriage requires falling in enjoy numerous occasions, usually with the identical man or woman.