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

Quote by Peter De Vries

Topics: Parenthood Quotes

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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.

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...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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...

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

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...

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.

I'm bored of being bored because being bored is so boring.

I'm bored of being bored because being bored is so boring.

There's nothing worse than being bored with no one to talk to...

There's nothing worse than being bored with no one to talk to...