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There are now electrical appliances with the main unit so sealed in that it cannot be got at for repair. There have always been human beings like that.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those changes that would make all the difference.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
We sometimes feel that we have been really understood, but it was always long ago, by someone now dead.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
When we have been humiliated by someone we love, it takes all our strength to pretend to recover from it.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Most sermons sound to me like commercials — but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Life marks us all down, so it's just as well that we start out by overpricing ourselves.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
"I am as I am" is another way of saying "I can do without your love."
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Whatever we worship, short of God, is sure to be our undoing.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible they are right.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
I do not trust those who are above name-dropping. The suppression of small vices always exacts too high a toll.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)