Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.

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

Most sermons sound to me like commercials – but I can’t make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

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

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.

Courage can’t see around corners but goes around them anyway.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

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