All Tom Robbins Quotes
- You knows dat in New Orleans is not morning 'til dee sun come up. Morning
- Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard. Birth
- Death is impatient and thoughtless. It barges into your room when you are right in the middle of something, and it doesn't bother to wipe… Barges
- Madame Lily Devalier always asked "Where are you?" in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New… Always Asked
- The oyster was an animal worthy of New Orleans, as mysterious and private and beautiful as the city itself. If one could accept that oysters… Accept
- I mean that gods do not limit men. Men limit men. Gods
- If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural… Brain
- Western civilization was declining too fast for comfort, but too slowly to be very exciting. Civilization
- Switters was actually quite fond of Seattle's weather, and not merely because of it's ambivalence. He liked it's subtle, muted qualities and the landscape that… Actually Quite
- You are an ignorant schoolgirl. You think civilization is a good thing. Civilization
- Unfortunately, little darlings, there is no such thing as a simple love story.The most transitory puppy crush is complex to the extent of lying beyond… Beyond
- Not naive,' Conch shell had corrected him. 'He simply has not been taught to fear the things you fear. Been
- O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate Confusion
- 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. Any
- …not a fighter… an adventurer. He doesn’t attack, he engages; He doesn’t defend, he expands; He doesn’t destroy, he transforms; He doesn’t reject, he explores;… Adventurer
- Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return. Afraid
- It's personal freedom, not hundred dollar bills that lights the soul's cigar. Bills
- We are seldom as limited as we think we are. Funny
- You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think. Basketball
- Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept society sane. Nowadays,… All
- You know a trillion times more about art than me. But I’ve learned that it isn’t necessary to know all that much. You just make… All
- The trouble with you is that the only way you can communicate is through art. You’ve never learned to communicate your feelings to a man.… Alive
- One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it… Accommodate
- And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof… Accept
- If there’s a thing, a scene, maybe, an image that you want to see real bad, that you need to see but it doesn’t exist… All