Peter De Vries

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Peter De Vries - Comfort me with Apples (1956)
I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

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

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

- Peter De Vries