Peter De Vries Quotes about Marriage

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

Love, Marriage, Wedding

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

Inspirational, Marriage, Children

Tunnel of Love (1954) ch. 8

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

Relationship, Anniversary, Marriage

... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor.

Marriage, Husband, Earth

Peter De Vries (1982). “Forever panting”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

I suppose I shall marry eventually One does that, one drifts into stability

Marriage, Doe, Stability

Peter De Vries (2014). “Without a Stitch in Time: A Selection of the Best Humorous Short Pieces”, p.34, University of Chicago Press