I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school. Peter De Vries More Quotes by Peter De Vries More Quotes From Peter De Vries Look at it this way: Psychoanalysis is a permanent fad. Peter De Vries fadslooksway There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you. Peter De Vries familyhumorouschildren This human nature is shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection. Peter De Vries ironystuffmay 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 broken-hearthomethinking Try the Lamentations of Jeremiah. They always pick me up. Peter De Vries pick-me-updespairtrying You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice? Peter De Vries issuesdrawingreal We are nothing but a string of gut on a stick of bone riding this piece of astral soot for one piteous splinter of eternity. Peter De Vries splintersridingpieces We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. Peter De Vries love-one-anothertrue-loveenmity Marriage has driven more than one man to sex. Peter De Vries drivenmensex Rather than waste precious time arguing, I went up and started serving my "sentence" without delay. It was usually about an hour for epigrams; somewhat longer for a paradox. Peter De Vries delaypunishmentwaste ... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor. Peter De Vries marriagehusbandearth There are times when breakfast seems the one thing worth getting up for. Peter De Vries seemsmorningbreakfast Exercise is an unnatural act. Peter De Vries unnaturalexercise Man is vile, I know, but people are wonderful. Peter De Vries wonderfulmenpeople We turned on one another deep, drowned gazes, and exchanged a kiss that reduced my bones to rubber and my brain to gruel. Peter De Vries romantic-lovekissingbrain Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another? Peter De Vries awfulnessstartingreason Love's blindness consists oftener in seeing what is not there than in seeing what is. Peter De Vries what-is-loveblindnesslove The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes. Peter De Vries financebusinesspay Are you pro- or anti-macassar? Peter De Vries design 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
