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Peter De Vries quotes

American Novelist February 27, 1910 – September 28, 1993

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Peter De Vries quote: "When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken..."
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human..."
Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart. Peter De Vries
What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to me so much more congenial - or at least less horrible. Prove to me that there is a God and I will really begin to despair. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be..."
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not..."
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the..."
The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music. Peter De Vries
Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of [parenthood] is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Peter De Vries
The idea of a Supreme Being who creates a world in which one creature is designed to eat another in order to subsist, and then pass a law saying, "Thou shalt not kill," is so monstrously, immeasurably, bottomlessly absurd that I am at a loss to understand how mankind has entertained or given it house room all this long. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us."
Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. Peter De Vries
Before the mind snaps, or the heart breaks, it gather itself like a clock about to strike. It might even be said one pulls himself together to disintegrate. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums."
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums."
Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like..."
Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter. Peter De Vries
Peter De Vries quote: "What people believe is a measure of what they suffer."
What people believe is a measure of what they suffer. Peter De Vries
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. Peter De Vries

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