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title: "4 Richard Grossinger Quotes - Famous Writer"
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# Richard Grossinger

(1944)   Writer

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Richard Grossinger is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Richard Grossinger

Born January 1, 1944

Profession Writer

## About Richard Grossinger

American writer... \| Richard Grossinger is an American writer and founder of North Atlantic Books in Berkeley, California.

##  Quotes by Richard Grossinger

> [Yellow is my favorite, but what is yellow? Handmaiden to white, it is a slight tarnish of pure light. Take away a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossinger/yellow-is-my-favorite-but-what-is-yellow-handmaiden-to-white-it-is-a/)

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[Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/richard-grossinger-67295_absolutes_yellow-is-my-favorite-but-what-is-yellow_1141866.jpg)

> [Guess what: God created beings not to act in a morality play but to experience what is unfathomable, to elicit what can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossinger/guess-what-god-created-beings-not-to-act-in-a-morality-play-but-to/)

[Richard Grossinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossinger/)

[Celebrate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebrate/)

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> [White is too brilliant to be seen, so yellow is its filter, its costume, revealing that pure light has not only brightness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossinger/white-is-too-brilliant-to-be-seen-so-yellow-is-its-filter-its-costume/)

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[Brightness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brightness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/richard-grossinger-67295_brightness_white-is-too-brilliant-to-be-seen-so-yel_2503348.jpg)

> [“Our civilization rests on a faulty premise, that the world is physical and mechanical, energy and matter only. We do not pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossinger/our-civilization-rests-on-a-faulty-premise-that-the-world-is-physical/)

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[Civilization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilization/)

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