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
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.
god long
So long as God reveals Himself, or doesn't, He is behaving like God.
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.
body flesh goes-on
Flesh goes on pleasuring us, and humiliating us, right to the end.
life bears emergencies
Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.
men competition funny-women
All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men.
rooms moments strikes
The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.
upset funny-strong-women be-or-not-to-be
It upsets women to be, or not to be, stared at hungrily.