• The young have such fervor: nothing can stop them except success.
  • In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years by the desire to feel desire.
  • When I was a child, nobody died; but now it happens all the time.

From the out of print “The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook” by Mignon McLaughlin. 
Earlier entries: June 18June 10June 7May 10, April 25 and 28.