Author: Peter De Vries

Quotes

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

- Peter De Vries

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

- Peter De Vries

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

- Peter De Vries

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

- Peter De Vries

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

- Peter De Vries

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

- Peter De Vries

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

- Peter De Vries

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

- Peter De Vries

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

- Peter De Vries

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