People rarely do what they don't want to. Peter De Vries More Quotes by Peter De Vries More Quotes From Peter De Vries I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning. Peter De Vries inspirationmorninglife Life is a zoo in a jungle. Peter De Vries bad-dayzooslife The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. Peter De Vries weddingmarriagelove A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus. Peter De Vries letterstodayyears The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Peter De Vries marriageinspirationalchildren When I see a paragraph shrinking under my eyes like a strip of bacon in a skillet, I know I'm on the right track. Peter De Vries shrinkingtrackeye We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one another. Peter De Vries devicesearsbrain Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked. Peter De Vries hate-mehate Life is a crowded superhighway with bewildering cloverleaf exits on which a man is liable to find himself speeding back in the direction he came. Peter De Vries funny-lifeexitmen The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. Peter De Vries naturescienceworld Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Peter De Vries usednostalgiapast The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. Peter De Vries marriageanniversaryrelationship "You ought to be ashamed," a woman in an Easter bonnet told Stein. "Your race gave us our religion..." "From ancient polytheism, the belief in lots of gods," the woman continued a little more eruditely, "the Hebrew nation led us on to the idea that there is only one." "Which is just a step from the truth," said Stein. Peter De Vries easterraceideas Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. Peter De Vries foodmotivationalinspirational I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. Peter De Vries written-wordworkwriting A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. Peter De Vries mothers-daymomfunny It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. Peter De Vries godfearorder Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline. Peter De Vries drunkdisciplinewriting Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries foodmuseumsart Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart. Peter De Vries markpainheart
