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The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Though
Strike
Moment
Trapped
Match
Moments
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Someone
Filled
Feels
Room
Rooms
Neurotic
Probably
Gas

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