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Tom Robbins Quotes

Tom Robbins quotes

American Author, Writer July 22, 1936

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Early religions were like muddy ponds with lots of foliage. Concealed there, the fish of the soul could splash and feed. Eventually, however, religions became aquariums. Then hatcheries. From farm fingerling to frozen fish stick is a short swim. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "How can men be such lummoxes, such wads of chewing gum on our..."
How can men be such lummoxes, such wads of chewing gum on our ballet slippers and still feel so good? Tom Robbins
To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen. Tom Robbins
There are apparently few limitations either of time or space on where the psyche might journey and only the customs inspector employed by our own inhibitions restricts what it might bring back when it reenters the home country of everyday consciousness. Tom Robbins
Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one's perceptions and transforming one's self. Tom Robbins
Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh - felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. Tom Robbins
The uncle ignored Gracie's father. 'In any event,' he went on, 'when brewers combine hops with yeast and grain and water, and allow the mixture to ferment -- to rot -- it magically produces an elixir so gassy with blue-collar cheer, so regal with glints of gold, so titillating with potential mischief, so triumphantly refreshing, that it seizes the soul and thrusts it toward that ethereal plateau where, to paraphrase Baudelaire, all human whimsies float and merge. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "You are an ignorant schoolgirl. You think civilization is a..."
You are an ignorant schoolgirl. You think civilization is a good thing. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time."
A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Most people do not have the guts to direct their own movie -..."
Most people do not have the guts to direct their own movie - let alone star in it. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Every time a person goes to the mall, she loses a little piece..."
Every time a person goes to the mall, she loses a little piece of her soul Tom Robbins
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 cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin'. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Beer can lead men to think they're mighty and foul-mouthed..."
Beer can lead men to think they're mighty and foul-mouthed women to believe themselves amusing and hip. Tom Robbins
Conservatives understand Halloween, liberals only understand Christmas. If you want to control a population, don't give it social services, give it a scary adversary. Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins quote: "Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough,..."
Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise. Tom Robbins

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