533 Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

It is always safe to tell people that they're looking wonderful.

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

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

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.

Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.

We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.