Mignon McLaughlin citáty

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„Život, ktorý žijeme, mi pripomína parazita v črevách. Žijeme v tme a snažíme sa uzrieť svetlo tak, že vyjdeme von ústami. Ale akokoľvek sa snažíme, vždy nás niečím spláchnu a nakoniec vyjdeme von z opačnej strany. Ale svetlo už nevidíme.“

„Pre našich priateľov je dôležité, aby verili, že sme k nim bezvýhradne úprimní, a pre priateľstvo je dôležité, aby sme úprimnými neboli.“

“An artist is a socially unattractive person whom socially attractive people make money out of.”

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

“Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can.”

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

“Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.”

“My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.”

“Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.”

“The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.”

“Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.”

“Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness.”

“How strange that the young should always think the world is against them when in fact that is the only time it is for them.”

“When we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.”

“He's in for trouble—the man whose wife is detested by all women and desired by all men.”

“Nobody really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.”

“Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.”

“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and difficult as that.”

“It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily.”

“Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.”

“When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting that we have just had one.”

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

“If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did.”

“It is always safe to tell people that they’re looking wonderful.”

“The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.”

“Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.”

“The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.”

“Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.”

“A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.”

“We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.”

“Groups of girls are pretty, or not; they are seldom mixed.”