Flesh goes on pleasuring us, and humiliating us, right to the end.

I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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

—Mignon McLaughlin

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

—Mignon McLaughlin

We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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

—Mignon McLaughlin

To strengthen the mind you must harden the muscles.

—Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

I had to face the facts; I was pear-shaped. I was a bit depressed because I hate pears. Especially their shape.

—Charlotte Bingham

The body has its own way of knowing, a knowing that has little to do with logic, and much to do with truth; little to do with control, and much to do with acceptance; little to do with division and analysis, and much to do with union.

—Marilyn Sewell