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Mignon McLaughlin Quotes about Love

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.23, BookBaby

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

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.33, BookBaby

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

"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.30, BookBaby

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.25, BookBaby

Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

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

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.52, BookBaby

Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.31, BookBaby

Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.54, BookBaby

Desire creates havoc when it is the only thing between two people, or when it is what's missing.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.25, BookBaby

Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.54, BookBaby

Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.

"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.33, BookBaby

The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.27, BookBaby

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.23, BookBaby