533 Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

Women are good listeners, but it’s a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there’s something specific you want him to do.

The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone – until they do.

Men who don’t like girls with brains don’t like girls.

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn’t matter.

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions...

Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn’t exist.

I’ve been hiding from God, and I’m appalled to find how easy it is.

It’s hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you’re there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.