All Tom Robbins Quotes
- Leave me in the night but please don't leave me in the dark Dark
- And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of… Ever Think
- Things. Cosas. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the primordial joy of… Attach
- I am looking for the novelists whose writing is an extension of their intellect rather than an extension of their neurosis. Extension
- The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our… Action
- For most people, self-awareness and self-pity blossom simultaneously in early adolescence. It's about that time that we start viewing the world as something other than… Adolescence
- Don't be outraged, be outrageous. Funny
- All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously. All
- Life's an offensive proposition from beginning to end. Maybe those who can't tolerate offense ought to just go ahead and end it all, and maybe… Ahead
- The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang word for the… Accurately
- If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of… All
- On the mainland, a rain was falling. The famous Seattle rain. The thin, gray rain that toadstools love. The persistent rain that knows every hidden… Bag
- Some praise me, some blame me. I go the other way. Sometimes those things that attract the most attention to us are the things which… Afford
- There is little difference between the Zulu warrior who smeared bis body with lion's fat and the modern woman who dabs hers with expensive perfume.… Acquire
- A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way… Any
- I journey to the east, where I have been told, there are men who have taught death some manners. Been
- Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our… Dearly
- You don't have to be a genius to recognize one. If you did, Einstein would never have gotten invited to the White House. Einstein
- The universe does not have laws. It has habits. And habits can be broken. Broken
- There's probably no subject with quite so many conflictin' opinions about it as there are about food, and 'tis better to swap bubble gum with… Average
- Zippers are primal and modern at the very same time. On the one hand, your zipper is primitive and reptilian, on the other, mechanical and… Cobra
- There is a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter. The trick is, when you spill something, make it look like a part of… Act
- Hawaii made the mouth of her soul water. Hawaii
- Sharks are the criminals of the sea. Dolphins are the outlaws. Criminals
- The most important thing in life is style. That is, the style of ones existence-the characteristic mode of ones actions-is basically, ultimately what matters. For… Action