Peter De Vries Quotes

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

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

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.

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

A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after.