Mignon McLaughlin

No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.

—Mignon McLaughlin

I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

—Mignon McLaughlin

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

—Mignon McLaughlin

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

—Mignon McLaughlin

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.

—Mignon McLaughlin

Your money, or your life."  We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.

—Mignon McLaughlin

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.

—Mignon McLaughlin

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

—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 head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

—Mignon McLaughlin

People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.

—Mignon McLaughlin

The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

—Mignon McLaughlin

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven. 

—Mignon McLaughlin

It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.

—Mignon McLaughlin

For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

—Mignon McLaughlin