--- title: "3 Hawaii Quotes By Tom Robbins" description: "3 Hawaii quotes by Tom Robbins. Plus more from Tom Robbins and more Hawaii sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/tom-robbins-169_cops_hawaii-once-had-a-rat-problem-then-someb_674591.jpg" --- > [“Hawaii once had a rat problem. Then, somebody hit upon a brilliant solution. import mongooses from India. Mongooses would kill the rats.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/hawaii-once-had-a-rat-problem-then-somebody-hit-upon-a-brilliant/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/tom-robbins-169_cops_hawaii-once-had-a-rat-problem-then-someb_674591.jpg) > [Hawaii made the mouth of her soul water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/hawaii-made-the-mouth-of-her-soul-water/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/tom-robbins-169_hawaii_hawaii-made-the-mouth-of-her-soul-water_875969.jpg) > [Whenever I finish a book, I go off and have some kind of adventure. Having had an adventure in my writing chair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/whenever-i-finish-a-book-i-go-off-and-have-some-kind-of-adventure/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/tom-robbins-169_adventure_whenever-i-finish-a-book-i-go-off-and-ha_2442556.jpg) ## Other authors on Hawaii - [Steven Magee 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/steven-magee/) - [Evan Mock 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/evan-mock/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mazie-hirono-66034.jpg) Mazie Hirono 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/mazie-hirono/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruno-mars-20128.jpg) Bruno Mars 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/bruno-mars/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-busiri-20372.jpg) Ophelia London 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/ophelia-london/) - [Carolyn Gibbs 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/carolyn-gibbs/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tulsi-gabbard-92419.jpg) Tulsi Gabbard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/tulsi-gabbard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bil-keane-17816.jpg) James MacArthur 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/james-macarthur/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/frederick-lenz/) - [Colleen Hanabusa 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/colleen-hanabusa/) ## More by Tom Robbins > [There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/there-are-times-when-we-can-feel-destiny-close-around-us-like-a-fist/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/love-is-the-ultimate-outlaw-it-just-won-t-adhere-to-any-rules-the/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [The party in Alobar’s head, which agitation and anxiety were throwing, now was crashed by a notion: existence can be rearranged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-party-in-alobar-s-head-which-agitation-and-anxiety-were-throwing/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-world-is-a-wonderfully-weird-place-consensual-reality-is/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/anyone-who-maintains-absolute-standards-of-good-and-evil-is-dangerous/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing; everything is sacred. Ha Ha Ho Ho Hee Hee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/i-believe-in-everything-nothing-is-sacred-i-believe-in-nothing/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/a-sense-of-humor-is-superior-to-any-religion-so-far-devised/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/love-is-the-ultimate-outlaw-it-just-won-t-adhere-to-any-rules-the-2/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“The glue that holds the natural world together appears to be a harmonious balance of opposites: day and night, light and dark, winter and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-glue-that-holds-the-natural-world-together-appears-to-be-a/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/zippers-are-primal-and-modern-at-the-very-same-time-on-the-one-hand/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“religion is a paramount contributor to human misery. It is not merely the opium of the masses, it is the cyanide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/religion-is-a-paramount-contributor-to-human-misery-it-is-not-merely/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/she-continued-weeping-until-the-heat-of-her-tear-water-the-sheer/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-bottom-line-is-that-a-people-are-never-perfect-but-love-can-be-b/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [Virtually every advancement made by our species since civilization first peeked out of its nest of stone has been initiated by lone individuals, mavericks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/virtually-every-advancement-made-by-our-species-since-civilization/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/when-we-accept-small-wonders-we-qualify-ourselves-to-imagine-great/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hawaii/tom-robbins/#itemlist", "name": "3 Hawaii Quotes By Tom Robbins", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hawaii once had a rat problem. 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