Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlinwas an American journalist and author. In the 1950s, she began publishing aphorisms that were later collected in three books, entitled, The Neurotic’s Notebook, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook and The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook. She is known for a number of quotes, among them:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 June 1913
CountryUnited States of America
fire house pressure
When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?
delay diversion
Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it.
life people serious
People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.
mature-love mature
Elegimos aquellos que nos gusta, con los que amamos, no tenemos voz en el asunto.
hypocrisy people unhappy
People will disapprove of you if you're unhappy, or if you're happy in The Wrong Way.
sleep soul may
The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.
each-day television might
Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.
effort praise
We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
comfort revelations curmudgeon
Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.
husband looks half
A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.
character action revealing
You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.
ships sinking
We semaphore from ship to ship, but they're sinking, too.
tears minutes mere
Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.
country cities tolerable
Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.