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41 " Life marks us all down, so it's just as well that we start out by overpricing ourselves. "
― Mignon McLaughlin
42 " If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate. "
43 " Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name "
44 " No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why. "
45 " Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. "
46 " 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. "
47 " I tell you this, and I tell you plainWhat you have done, you will do againYou will bite your tongue, careful or notUpon the already-bitten spot "
― Mignon McLaughlin ,
48 " You never realize how tacky your furniture is till you try to give it to the Salvation Army and they won't take it. "
49 " Mama does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Dada first. "
50 " With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it. "
51 " Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors. "
52 " It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. "
53 " We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. "
― Mignon McLaughlin , The Complete Neurotic's Notebook
54 " The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone. "
55 " Pessimism is like optimism, only less dangerous. "
56 " Para un buen matrimonio hay que enamorarse muchas veces, siempre de la misma persona. "
57 " Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part, and does not believe in the play. "
58 " No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves. "
59 " Love is often gentle, desire always a rage... "
60 " The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings. "