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

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Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.
More Mignon McLaughlin quotes
"We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
"No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.
"It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
"It’s easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child—at least till you try to get him to do something.
"Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the u...