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Mignon McLaughlin Quotes about Marriage

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

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

A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.

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

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

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

Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.22, BookBaby

After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage.

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

Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers.

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

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

The marriage of convenience has this to recommend it: we are better judges of convenience than we are of love.

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

Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.

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

What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.22, BookBaby

A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby

What's for dinner is the only question many husbands ask their wives, and the only one to which they care about the answer.

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

Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.29, BookBaby