Tom Robbins Quotes
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There are two lost continents.... We are one: the lovers.
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'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it.
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This may be said for the last quarter of the twentieth century: the truism that if we want a better world we will have to…
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If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when…
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Meditation... dissolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.
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Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable…
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If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill-take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where…
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When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life…
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Much scientific truth proved to be as hypothetical as poetic allegory. The relationshiip of those rod-connected blue and red balls to an actual atomic structure…
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Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they can secure it…
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Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.
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When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on…
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Logic only gives man what he needs... Magic gives him what he wants.
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There's birth, there's death, and in between there's maintenance.
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There's a certain Buddhistic calm that comes from having... money in the bank.
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...language is not the frosting, it's the cake.
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You may tell the greatest lies and wear a brilliant disguise, but you can't escape the eyes of the one who sees right through you.
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Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper.
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Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you.
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Ultimately, the roast turkey must be regarded as a monument to Boomer's love.
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