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

Quote by Peter De Vries

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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...

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.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

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.

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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...

A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

A father is a banker provided by nature.

A father is a banker provided by nature.