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Peter De Vries Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 27, 1910
  • Died: Sep 28, 1993

Peter De Vries was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. He has been described by the philosopher Daniel Dennett as "probably the funniest writer on religion ever".

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

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

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

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

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.

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

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.