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
worry bottom neurotic
The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.
affair love-affair neurotic
At the beginning of a love affair, not even the neurotic is neurotic.
real fantasy neurotic
The neurotic's strongest fantasy is that he has no fantasies. The real is very real to him, the unreal even more so.
something-new neurotic
Neurotics are always looking for something new to overdo.
airports circles neurotic
The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.
neurotic humans
As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.
remember neurotic
Neurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.
long neurotic plenty
Neurotics have plenty of non-neurotic friends, but not for long.
analysts psychiatry neurotic
The neurotic would like to trust his analyst - if only because he's paying him so much money. But he can't - because if the analyst really cared, he'd be doing it for nothing.
believe neurotic
The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.
way neurotic
Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
people wish neurotic
The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone — until they do.
anxiety neurotic accidents
Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.
sleep news neurotic
Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.