American - Novelist | February 27, 1910 - September 28, 19931
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter De Vries
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The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.
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The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
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Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.
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The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.
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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
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Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter.
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Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
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Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
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The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.
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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.
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