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.