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

Quote by Peter De Vries

Topics: Parenthood Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

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.

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...