Peter De Vries

He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers,…

— Peter De Vries

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

— Peter De Vries

We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

— Peter De Vries

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

— Peter De Vries

We pay for security with boredom, for adventure with bother.

— Peter De Vries

Look at it this way: Psychoanalysis is a permanent fad.

— Peter De Vries

I can still hear my mother wailing over some new kitchen crisis, "Oh God," and my father answering cozily from the silo,…

— Peter De Vries

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other.

— Peter De Vries