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Tom Robbins Quotes

Tom Robbins quotes about life

American Author, Writer July 22, 1936

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Very well. He'd lighten up. As a matter of fact, he felt as light as the bubbly froth that flew from the lips of the waves. Whatever else his long, unprecedented life might have been, it had been fun. Fun! If others should find that appraisal shallow, frivolous, so be it. To him, it seemed now to largely have been some form of play. And he vowed that in the future he would strive to keep that sense of play more in mind, for he'd grown convinced that play--more than piety, more than... Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life..."
Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it. Tom Robbins
All a person can do in this life is gather about him his integrity, his imagination, and his individuality? and with these ever with him, out front and in sharp focus, leap into the dance of experience. Tom Robbins
I cannot believe that the most delicious things were placed here merely to test us, to temp us, to make it the more difficult for us to capture the grand prize: the safety of the void. To fashion of life such a petty game is unworthy of both men and gods. Tom Robbins
At birth, we emerge from dream soup. At death, we sink back into dream soup. In between soups, there is a crossing of dry land. Life is a portage. Tom Robbins
Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. Tom Robbins
A lot of life boils down to the question of whether a person is going to be able to realize his fantasies, or else end up surviving only through compromises he can't face up to. The way I figure it, Heaven and Hell are right here on Earth. Heaven is living in your hopes and Hell is living in your fears. It's up to each individual which one he chooses. - Bonanza Jellybean Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more..."
Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more complicated the better. Tom Robbins
There's no such thing as security in this life sweetheart, and the sooner you accept that fact, the better off you'll be. The person who strives for security will never be free. The person who believes she's found security will never reach paradise. What she mistakes for security is purgatory. You know what purgatory is, Gwendolyn? It's the waiting room, it's the lobby. Not only does she have the wrong libretto, she's stuck in the lobby where she can't see the show. Tom Robbins
Boomer had asked her once, in a telephone call from Virginia, “Why does this stuff, these hand-painted hallucinations that don’t do nothin’ but confuse the puddin’ out of a perfectly reasonable wall, why does it mean so much to you?” It was a poor connection, but he could have sworn he heard her say, “In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn’t creak. Tom Robbins
To wit: actions, like sounds, divide the flow of time into beats.[...]The quality of a man's life depends on the rhyhmic structure he is able to impose upon the input and output of energy. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Those who shun the whimsy in life will experience rigormortis..."
Those who shun the whimsy in life will experience rigormortis before death. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard."
Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard. Tom Robbins
In the life of the individual, an aesthetic sensibility is both more authentic and more commendable than a political or religious one. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that..."
In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak. Tom Robbins

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