The Mackerel Plaza Quotes

“They never understood his ministry, the meaning of his life: that he had come to call, not sinners, but the righteous to repentance”
― Peter De Vries, The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel

“I’ve had lots of troubles in my life, but most of ’em never happened.”
― Peter De Vries, The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel

“Indeed, the more void the universe may be of meaning, the more precious the lanterns by which man picks his little way through it.”
― Peter De Vries, The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel

“Restlessness is the curse of our time. Put down roots, belong.”
― Peter De Vries, The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel

“Nothing is more natural, of course, than that extreme environments produce their opposites.”
― Peter De Vries, The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel

“It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us,”
― Peter De Vries, The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel