A husband only worries about a particular Other Man; a wife distrusts her whole species.
Quotes from The Complete Neurotic's Notebook — Mignon McLaughlin
1913–1983
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The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Nobody really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
If you had an unhappy childhood, you will always want to sleep late in the morning.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Anything you do from the heart enriches you, but sometimes not till years later.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage!
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mignon McLaughlin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.