“We tell our children things which we know are not so, but which we wish were so.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
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“If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Marriage
“Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
“A young woman can live off the folly of men; a man of any age can live off the folly of women.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Women & men
“Mama does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Dada first.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“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), Unclassified
“Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone - until they do.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Marriage
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis
“Money is much more exciting than anything it buys.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“If you have to do it every day, for God’s sake learn to do it well.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“There's little enough to be said for nationalism, so let's say it and have done.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“When a man comes to love a woman exactly as she had dreamed, she decides he is a weakling.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Love
“The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“The time to begin most things is ten years ago.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Irrelevant things may happen to you, but once they have happened they all become relevant.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
