I suppose I shall marry eventually One does that, one drifts into stability Peter De Vries More Quotes by Peter De Vries More Quotes From Peter De Vries Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring. Peter De Vries kindendsgod We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. It may be the very recognition of all men as our brothers that accounts for the sibling rivalry, and even enmity, we have toward so many of them. Peter De Vries siblingbrotherlove Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask. What's in it for me? Peter De Vries expanding-universescienceyears I made a tentative conclusion. It seemed from all of this that uppermost among human joys is the negative one of restoration: not going to the stars, but learning that one may stay where one is. Peter De Vries starsjoynegative Mrs Thicknesse and I agreed that a business of his own was probably the only solution for him because he was obviously unemployable. Peter De Vries solutionsentrepreneur People rarely do what they don't want to. Peter De Vries actionwantpeople All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate. Peter De Vries intimacycouplebears I think people love each other a little more than they hate each other ... Love has a slim hold on the human corporation, like fifty-one per cent, but it's enough. Peter De Vries hatelovethinking I can still hear my mother wailing over some new kitchen crisis, "Oh God," and my father answering cozily from the silo, "Were you calling me, dear? Peter De Vries kitchenmotherfather What we are assigned to bear is in a sense a measure of our stature. Peter De Vries staturebears We pay for security with boredom, for adventure with bother. Peter De Vries boredompayadventure Do you believe in astrology? -I don't even believe in astronomy. Peter De Vries astronomyastrologybelieve Time heals nothing — which should make us the better able to minister. Peter De Vries ministersabletime I wondered whether any woman could be happy with a man who says 'folderol'. Peter De Vries men Before the mind snaps, or the heart breaks, it gather itself like a clock about to strike. It might even be said one pulls himself together to disintegrate. Peter De Vries mindtogetherheart I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any. Peter De Vries goodgodeathway
