When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones. - Peter De Vries
We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school. - Peter De Vries
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy. - Peter De Vries
There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you. - Peter De Vries
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults. - Peter De Vries
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. - Peter De Vries
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. - Peter De Vries
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums. - Peter De Vries
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too. - Peter De Vries
Life is a zoo in a jungle. - Peter De Vries
I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any. - Peter De Vries
Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked. - Peter de Vries
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. - Peter De Vries