When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?

The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. But they're sometimes so bad they can't get better.

A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband.

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.

Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.

Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.