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

Quote by Peter De Vries

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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...

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 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...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

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 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.

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

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...

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.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

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...

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...

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...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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

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

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.

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.

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...