Quote of the Day (Peter De Vries, on Changing Standards for Immorality)

“The standards for immorality are getting progressively steeper, for life and art both. A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given a A for adultery. Today she would rate no better than a C-plus.”—American editor and novelist Peter De Vries (1911-1993), Reuben, Reuben (1964)