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Spider Robinson Quotes

Spider Robinson quotes

Canadian Writer November 24, 1948

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…when writing, always hook the reader with your first sentence…in love, never settle…value yourself first and this will help you to value others…life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest…everyone in the world is different, and that’s ok… Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson quote: "Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control..."
Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don't ever piss one off. Spider Robinson
Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and fall down laughing at themselves. I know which kind of guy I'd rather be. So do my friends. Spider Robinson
In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to get was night watchman on a sewer project in Babylon, N.Y. guarding a hole in the ground to prevent anyone from stealing it. God bless the American educational system! Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson quote: "He smiled like a sun lamp."
He smiled like a sun lamp. Spider Robinson
Your diet must be about fifty-fifty, carrots and locoweed," Annie said softly. He froze."I can't figure out what in the name of God's labia majora you think you're doing... but I'm impressed by how well you're doing it in the dark. You must have eyes like a cat. Spider Robinson
I had not until then fully realized that I was odd, that there was anything strange about growing up with a single-parent genius. I thought all homes had equations scrawled with disc-marker across all the cabinets and walls, and clean laundry in the freezer, and defrosting chicken in the tool drawer. I thought everyone read a book a day and listened to hours of ancient music. Spider Robinson
The problems of today's youth were no longer a Sunday supplement, or a news broadcast, or anything so remote and intangible. They were suddenly become a dirty, shivering boy, who told us that in this world we had built for him with our sweat and our blood, he was not only tired of living, but so unscared of dying that he did it daily, sometimes for recreation. Spider Robinson
This is what it is to be human: To see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving - and to act, to strive. This is what it is to be human: to reach forever beyond your grasp. This is what it is to be human: to live forever or die trying. This is what it is to be human: to perpetually ask the unanswerable questions, in the hope that the asking of them will somehow hasten the day when they will be answered. This is what it is to be human: to strive in the face of the... Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson quote: "honesty is hard work."
honesty is hard work. Spider Robinson
We did make use, from time to time, of candles, neckties, scarves, shoelaces, a little water-color paintbrush, her hairbrush, butter, whipped cream, strawberry jam, Johnson’s Baby Oil, my Swedish hand vibrator, a fascinating bead necklace she had, miscellaneous common household items, and every molecule of flesh that was exposed to air or could be located with strenuous search. Spider Robinson
And there's this place called college! I mean, they want you to care, dig it, care about this education trip, and they don't care enough themselves to make it as attractive as the crap game across the street! Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson quote: "...I know good design when I fail to trip over it."
...I know good design when I fail to trip over it. Spider Robinson
Spider Robinson quote: "Dreams should be forgotten when we wake. Or one day we will..."
Dreams should be forgotten when we wake. Or one day we will find ourselves unable to sleep. Spider Robinson
Well, some men learn by listening, some read, some observe and analyze? and some of us just have to pee on the electric fence. Spider Robinson

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