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Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about that anymore.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Injure a businessman and he'll try to make you sorry; injure an artist and he'll try to make you immortal.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
When we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Neurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
"Your money or your life." We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The mark of the neurotic: to imagine that you're the only one who cares deeply for anything.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
It’s easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child–at least till you try to get him to do something.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I’m ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Irrelevant things may happen to you, but once they have happened they all become relevant.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
When a stranger identifies you from a friend's description, it's just as well you didn't hear the description.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
In church, sacred music would make believers of us all—but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)