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

Quote by Peter De Vries

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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...

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

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.