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

Quote by Peter De Vries

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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.

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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.

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.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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...

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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

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