The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

Quote by Peter De Vries

Topics: Marriage Quotes, Maturity Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.