Quotes by : Peter De Vries

Stein resented the sedative power of religion, or rather the repose available to those blissfully ignorant....

Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

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

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

How I hate this world. I would like to tear it apart with my own two hands if I could. I would like to....

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Deep down, he's shallow.

But I made an issue of the precise wording of the vows. I wanted liberalized ones, with no outmoded Pauline....