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Tom Robbins quotes: Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions. Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.
Tom Robbins quotes: Eating a raw oyster is like french kissing a mermaid. Eating a raw oyster is like french kissing a mermaid.
Tom Robbins quotes: If you want to make a name for yourself, the oldest trick in the book is to attack what everybody else reveres. If you want to make a name for yourself, the oldest trick in the book is to attack what everybody else reveres.
Tom Robbins quotes: Be careful what goes into your mouth and what comes out of it. Be careful what goes into your mouth and what comes out of it.
Tom Robbins quotes: So it was that neither for the first time nor the last my verbal mojo, my knack for the written word, served to save my reckless ass. So it was that neither for the first time nor the last my verbal mojo, my knack for the written word, served to save my reckless ass.
Tom Robbins quotes: As you know, I've been sick and stupid for a long time. I have a lot to make up for, As you know, I've been sick and stupid for a long time. I have a lot to make up for,
Tom Robbins quotes: To the domesticated, nomads were an unwelcome reminder of instinct suppressed, liberty compromised, and control unimplemented. To the domesticated, nomads were an unwelcome reminder of instinct suppressed, liberty compromised, and control unimplemented.
Tom Robbins quotes: What looks to be a wisp of cloud is actually the moon, narrow and pale like a paring snipped from a snowman's toenail. What looks to be a wisp of cloud is actually the moon, narrow and pale like a paring snipped from a snowman's toenail.
Tom Robbins quotes: To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.
Tom Robbins quotes: This is the room where Jezebel frescoed her eyelids with history's tragic glitter This is the room where Jezebel frescoed her eyelids with history's tragic glitter
Tom Robbins quotes: A sense of humor ... is superior to any religion so far devised. A sense of humor ... is superior to any religion so far devised.
Tom Robbins quotes: In the end what will prevail is your passion not your tale, for love is the Holy Grail. In the end what will prevail is your passion not your tale, for love is the Holy Grail.
Tom Robbins quotes: The notion of life implies a certain absoluteness of self-enjoyment The notion of life implies a certain absoluteness of self-enjoyment
Tom Robbins quotes: Some folks hide, and some folks seek, and seeking, when it's mindless, neurotic, desperate, or pusillanimous can be a form of hiding. Some folks hide, and some folks seek, and seeking, when it's mindless, neurotic, desperate, or pusillanimous can be a form of hiding.
Tom Robbins quotes: Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense. Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense.
Tom Robbins quotes: There is no death. There are only different levels of life. There is no death. There are only different levels of life.
Tom Robbins quotes: Maybe what I admired most about John Steinbeck is that he never mortgaged his 45-acre heart for a suite in an ivory tower. Maybe what I admired most about John Steinbeck is that he never mortgaged his 45-acre heart for a suite in an ivory tower.
Tom Robbins quotes: I began to hitchhike in something akin to geological time: slow, ancient, vast. I began to hitchhike in something akin to geological time: slow, ancient, vast.
Tom Robbins quotes: As expected, you get his machine. Someday, even the "call of nature" will be answered by a machine. As expected, you get his machine. Someday, even the "call of nature" will be answered by a machine.
Tom Robbins quotes: I like to think of myself as a fiction writer who liked art enough to write about it for a while, and then went on to his fiction. I like to think of myself as a fiction writer who liked art enough to write about it for a while, and then went on to his fiction.
Tom Robbins quotes: He said that when you're locked up, smoking a cigarette is like having a friend. He said that when you're locked up, smoking a cigarette is like having a friend.
Tom Robbins quotes: The international situation is desperate, as usual. The international situation is desperate, as usual.
Tom Robbins quotes: Matters are very seldom all black or white. They can even be both at the same time - The Beer Fairy Matters are very seldom all black or white. They can even be both at the same time - The Beer Fairy
Tom Robbins quotes: There's a direct link between the buffalo hunts and Vietnam, said Switters. There's a direct link between the buffalo hunts and Vietnam, said Switters.
Tom Robbins quotes: I see you've met Desire and Fulfillment...Regret is in the kitchen making coffee. I see you've met Desire and Fulfillment...Regret is in the kitchen making coffee.
Tom Robbins quotes: How could something called 'The Breath of the Ass' help but bring trouble? How could something called 'The Breath of the Ass' help but bring trouble?
Tom Robbins quotes: Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving. Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving.
Tom Robbins quotes: She needed help, but God was in a meeting whenever she rang. She needed help, but God was in a meeting whenever she rang.
Tom Robbins quotes: They coil around each other, the light and the darkness, and they absorb each other continuously, yet they never cancel each other out. They coil around each other, the light and the darkness, and they absorb each other continuously, yet they never cancel each other out.
Tom Robbins quotes: Consider the silent repose of the sausage as compared to the aggressiveness of bacon. Consider the silent repose of the sausage as compared to the aggressiveness of bacon.
Tom Robbins quotes: I'm not infatuated with frivolousness. We're just good friends. I'm not infatuated with frivolousness. We're just good friends.
Tom Robbins quotes: It was quite likely the best advice I've ever received. I can't help but wonder what my life would have been like if I'd actually followed it. It was quite likely the best advice I've ever received. I can't help but wonder what my life would have been like if I'd actually followed it.
Tom Robbins quotes: Anything that says Yes to life is automatically saying No to war. Anything that says Yes to life is automatically saying No to war.
Tom Robbins quotes: I have never ever Googled myself; in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things. I have never ever Googled myself; in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things.
Tom Robbins quotes: I'll follow him to the ends of the earth,' she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that. I'll follow him to the ends of the earth,' she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that.
Tom Robbins quotes: I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe. I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.
Tom Robbins quotes: People of ze wurl, relax! People of ze wurl, relax!
Tom Robbins quotes: I asked Mr. Wrangle what you were like. He said you were hornet juice and rosebuds in a container of gazelle meat. I asked Mr. Wrangle what you were like. He said you were hornet juice and rosebuds in a container of gazelle meat.
Tom Robbins quotes: The Impressionists were able to lead the viewer into mixing color in his or her own eye. The Impressionists were able to lead the viewer into mixing color in his or her own eye.
Tom Robbins quotes: Transformation, liberation and celebration are the themes of all my novels. Transformation, liberation and celebration are the themes of all my novels.
Tom Robbins quotes: Writing is the hardest physical work there is. Writing is the hardest physical work there is.
Tom Robbins quotes: Was it wife soup and husband soup on the Other Side? Or was it simply soup? Was it wife soup and husband soup on the Other Side? Or was it simply soup?
Tom Robbins quotes: Those who willingly accept being conned are as corrupt as those who con them. Those who willingly accept being conned are as corrupt as those who con them.
Tom Robbins quotes: Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide.
Tom Robbins quotes: I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured. I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.
Tom Robbins quotes: Kissing is man's greatest invention. All animals copulate, but only humans kiss. Kissing is man's greatest invention. All animals copulate, but only humans kiss.
Tom Robbins quotes: Mystery is the face everybody shared before they were born and the joke they'll finally get after they're dead. Mystery is the face everybody shared before they were born and the joke they'll finally get after they're dead.
Tom Robbins quotes: [R]ed hair is slow to lay back once it's got its dandruff up, and her bitchy mood required further opportunity to express itself. [R]ed hair is slow to lay back once it's got its dandruff up, and her bitchy mood required further opportunity to express itself.
Tom Robbins quotes: Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard. Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard.
Tom Robbins quotes: In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak. In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.
Tom Robbins quotes: There's nothing like the word dangerous to generate interest: it's irresistible to young males, scary to most young females. There's nothing like the word dangerous to generate interest: it's irresistible to young males, scary to most young females.
Tom Robbins quotes: It was laughter that might have been squeezed from the tubes of his own darkest heart, then amplified fifty times through the bellows of a loon's ass. It was laughter that might have been squeezed from the tubes of his own darkest heart, then amplified fifty times through the bellows of a loon's ass.
Tom Robbins quotes: I may be mad, he thought, but I prefer the shit of this world to whatever sweet ambrosias the next may offer. I may be mad, he thought, but I prefer the shit of this world to whatever sweet ambrosias the next may offer.
Tom Robbins quotes: If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering. If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.
Tom Robbins quotes: You can hook a rainbow to a goofy vision -Jellybean is doing that- but you can't hook a rainbow to a lie You can hook a rainbow to a goofy vision -Jellybean is doing that- but you can't hook a rainbow to a lie
Tom Robbins quotes: If being alive is not a virtue, then there is little virtue in virtue. If being alive is not a virtue, then there is little virtue in virtue.
Tom Robbins quotes: My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy. My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy.
Tom Robbins quotes: What was it like in there? Inside a daisy?" My answer: "Like a cathedral made of mathematics and honey. What was it like in there? Inside a daisy?" My answer: "Like a cathedral made of mathematics and honey.
Tom Robbins quotes: This cave within a cave, this paleolithic pussy, this decent into the deepest dark of fuck. This cave within a cave, this paleolithic pussy, this decent into the deepest dark of fuck.
Tom Robbins quotes: Long as you're not afraid, nobody can run your life for you. Remember that. Hell is being scared of things. Long as you're not afraid, nobody can run your life for you. Remember that. Hell is being scared of things.
Tom Robbins quotes: Sometimes one gets the feeling that life still thinks it's living in Paris in the '30s. Sometimes one gets the feeling that life still thinks it's living in Paris in the '30s.
Tom Robbins quotes: Always compare yourself to the best. Even if you never measure up, it can't help but make you better. Always compare yourself to the best. Even if you never measure up, it can't help but make you better.
Tom Robbins quotes: The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable. The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable.
Tom Robbins quotes: Someone once commented that I have a great thirst for knowledge, to which I replied, What the hell? I'll drink anything. Someone once commented that I have a great thirst for knowledge, to which I replied, What the hell? I'll drink anything.
Tom Robbins quotes: Salvador Dali and fifty cents will get you a cup of clock melt. Salvador Dali and fifty cents will get you a cup of clock melt.
Tom Robbins quotes: They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will. They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will.
Tom Robbins quotes: There have been cans of dog food more splendiferous than South Richmond. Land mines more tender. There have been cans of dog food more splendiferous than South Richmond. Land mines more tender.
Tom Robbins quotes: Sissy dear. Your thumbs. HOLLYWOOD SPECTACULAR. LAS VEGAS. THE ROSE BOWL. Larger than any one man's desire. Sissy dear. Your thumbs. HOLLYWOOD SPECTACULAR. LAS VEGAS. THE ROSE BOWL. Larger than any one man's desire.
Tom Robbins quotes: red hair is caused by sugar and lust. red hair is caused by sugar and lust.
Tom Robbins quotes: I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning. I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning.
Tom Robbins quotes: Peeple of zee wurl, relax Peeple of zee wurl, relax
Tom Robbins quotes: Smoking cigarettes is as intimate as we can become with fire without immediate excruciation. Smoking cigarettes is as intimate as we can become with fire without immediate excruciation.
Tom Robbins quotes: Reality whistles a different tune underwater. Reality whistles a different tune underwater.
Tom Robbins quotes: In the life of the individual, an aesthetic sensibility is both more authentic and more commendable than a political or religious one. In the life of the individual, an aesthetic sensibility is both more authentic and more commendable than a political or religious one.
Tom Robbins quotes: Now I'd fallen into it like a drunk hobo falling into a vat of champagne. Now I'd fallen into it like a drunk hobo falling into a vat of champagne.
Tom Robbins quotes: I am what I it. It is what is is. I am what I it. It is what is is.
Tom Robbins quotes: It is more important to be free than to be happy. It is more important to be free than to be happy.
Tom Robbins quotes: Outlaws, like lovers, poets, and tubercular composers who cough blood onto piano keys, do their finest work in the slippery rays of the moon. Outlaws, like lovers, poets, and tubercular composers who cough blood onto piano keys, do their finest work in the slippery rays of the moon.
Tom Robbins quotes: To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
Tom Robbins quotes: All dreams continue in the beyond. All dreams continue in the beyond.
Tom Robbins quotes: Religion is a paramount contributor to human misery. It is not merely the opium of the masses, it is the cyanide. Religion is a paramount contributor to human misery. It is not merely the opium of the masses, it is the cyanide.
Tom Robbins quotes: Live the beauty or your own reality. Live the beauty or your own reality.
Tom Robbins quotes: Normality is the Great Neurosis of civilization. Normality is the Great Neurosis of civilization.
Tom Robbins quotes: Survival is not important. What matters is how you survive. Survival is not important. What matters is how you survive.
Tom Robbins quotes: It had been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute. It had been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute.
Tom Robbins quotes: The sky is as gruff as a Chinese waiter. It keeps slamming the silverware against the horizon. The sky is as gruff as a Chinese waiter. It keeps slamming the silverware against the horizon.
Tom Robbins quotes: Slang just makes people more stupid, that's all, Slang just makes people more stupid, that's all,
Tom Robbins quotes: The function of the artist is to provide what life does not. The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.
Tom Robbins quotes: Above all, have a good time. If you aren't enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it. Above all, have a good time. If you aren't enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it.
Tom Robbins quotes: When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders.
Tom Robbins quotes: Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it. Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.
Tom Robbins quotes: Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective. Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.
Tom Robbins quotes: The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts. The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts.
Tom Robbins quotes: People are never perfect, but love can be. People are never perfect, but love can be.
Tom Robbins quotes: His voice wore no pants. His voice wore no pants.
Tom Robbins quotes: They were straining so desperately for admission to paradise that they had forgotten that paradise had always been their address. They were straining so desperately for admission to paradise that they had forgotten that paradise had always been their address.
Tom Robbins quotes: Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise. Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise.
Tom Robbins quotes: Hemingway and Norman Mailer might have disagreed, but there is no heavyweight champion of literature. Hemingway and Norman Mailer might have disagreed, but there is no heavyweight champion of literature.
Tom Robbins quotes: An old Ukrainian proverb warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil." That is a risk we have to take. An old Ukrainian proverb warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil." That is a risk we have to take.
Tom Robbins quotes: He who jokes in the executioners face can be destroyed, but never defeated. He who jokes in the executioners face can be destroyed, but never defeated.

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