Can't Get Enough of Mignon McLaughlin
Adding to my
May 10 and April
25 and
28 entries
are four more from
"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook" by Mignon McLaughlin. This book, no
longer in print, combines the epigrams from "The Neurotic's Notebook" and "The Second Neurotic's Notebook."
- Every group of six or more has its inner circle,
its circle, and its hangers-on.
- Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected
from happening.
- We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the
hostile eyes of others.
- It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital
spring seems to have broken. It's particularly terrifying to
see him in your mirror.
Posted by Sean Murphy at June 7, 2005 2:16 PM
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