Author: Peter De Vries

Quotes

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

- Peter De Vries

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

- 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 murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

- Peter De Vries

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

- Peter De Vries

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

- 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

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

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

- Peter De Vries

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