If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.
Quotes from The Complete Neurotic's Notebook — Mignon McLaughlin
1913–1983
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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)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mignon McLaughlin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.