When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

Quote by Peter De Vries

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Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

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...

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.

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.

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.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the...

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the...

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...