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
country cities tolerable
Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.
thinking weather talking
The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.
thinking world polonius
The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.
thinking past resentment
Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.