--- title: "1 College Dad Quotes By Dale Peck" description: "1 College Dad quotes by Dale Peck. Plus more from Dale Peck and more College Dad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/dale-peck-22041_life_life-s-cheap-out-here-daniel-with-a-litt_2150747.jpg" --- > [“Life's cheap out here, Daniel. With a little budgeting I can get by till you go off to college." "And then?" My dad reached for whatever he was drinking that day. "There don't always have to be a then." He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/life-s-cheap-out-here-daniel-with-a-little-budgeting-i-can-get-by/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/dale-peck-22041_life_life-s-cheap-out-here-daniel-with-a-litt_2150747.jpg) ## More by Dale Peck > [Your life could be taken from you at any moment. Between AIDS and the violence against gay people that was so prevalent back then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/your-life-could-be-taken-from-you-at-any-moment-between-aids-and-the/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [Losing my virginity was very boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/losing-my-virginity-was-very-boring/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [Who cares what the state thinks about your relationship? They're giving you tax breaks and this and that - it's just nonsense. You want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/who-cares-what-the-state-thinks-about-your-relationship-they-re/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [Because gay people were so much more visible, violence against gays was more common and reported on. But they were definitely related to each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/because-gay-people-were-so-much-more-visible-violence-against-gays/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“You are -" she stopped fanning long enough to push the glasses up her nose - "Sprout Bradford?" I thought it was a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/you-are-she-stopped-fanning-long-enough-to-push-the-glasses-up-her/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [I always hoped that I would settle down with someone. Marriage, I could really give two shits about, as an institution, but it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/i-always-hoped-that-i-would-settle-down-with-someone-marriage-i-could/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [I came out after safe sex was invented and I always practiced safe sex. Except for when I lost my virginity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/i-came-out-after-safe-sex-was-invented-and-i-always-practiced-safe/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“Children," Mrs. Oakenfeld sighed. "I do not want you to be good to avoid being punished. I do not want you to be good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/children-mrs-oakenfeld-sighed-i-do-not-want-you-to-be-good-to-avoid/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [I'm a novelist. I think fiction is important or I wouldn't be doing it, but most of it's bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/i-m-a-novelist-i-think-fiction-is-important-or-i-wouldn-t-be-doing-it/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/sometimes-when-we-think-we-re-protecting-ourselves-we-re-really/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“Drift House: Susan's response to Queen Octavia's sarcasm in regards to fading memories..."But we pass our memories on," she insisted. "I mean, from one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/drift-house-susan-s-response-to-queen-octavia-s-sarcasm-in-regards-to/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“People who shop at Barnes and Noble voted Ulysses the best novel of the last century, and who's to tell them different? There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/people-who-shop-at-barnes-and-noble-voted-ulysses-the-best-novel-of/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“I hate it when people repeat the last thing that’s been said to them because they’re too afraid to ask what the other person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/i-hate-it-when-people-repeat-the-last-thing-that-s-been-said-to-them/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you tell me more about this 'profanity'?" Mrs. Miller nodded at my dictionary. "I'll assume you don't need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/i-m-sorry-i-don-t-understand-could-you-tell-me-more-about-this/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) > [“I have a secret. And everyone knows it but me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-peck/i-have-a-secret-and-everyone-knows-it-but-me/) [Dale Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-peck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/college-dad/dale-peck/#itemlist", "name": "1 College Dad Quotes By Dale Peck", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life's cheap out here, Daniel. With a little budgeting I can get by till you go off to college.\" \"And then?\" My dad reached for whatever he was drinking that day. \"There don't always have to be a then.\" He poured, drank, swallowed, grimaced. 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