We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Quote by Peter De Vries

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Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

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.

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

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

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

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

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

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

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

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

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

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best...

I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best...

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise...

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise...

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

That awkward moment when you're playing with your pen in class and suddenly it flies...

That awkward moment when you're playing with your pen in class and suddenly it flies...