I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning. Tom Robbins More Quotes by Tom Robbins More Quotes From Tom Robbins 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 if man defines himself by doing, then style is doubly definitive, because style describes the doing. Tom Robbins things-in-life what-matters men Writing a novel is not so much a project as a journey, a voyage, an adventure. Tom Robbins journey writing adventure Heaven is living in your hopes and Hell is living in your fears. It's up to each individual which one he chooses. Tom Robbins individual hell heaven There's no point in saving the world if it means losing the moon. Tom Robbins moon mean world Cant you understand that romanticism is no more an enemy of science than mysticism is? In fact, romanticism and science are good for each other. The scientist keeps the romantic honest and the romantic keeps the scientist human. Tom Robbins honest facts enemy Dreams don't come true. Dreams are true. Tom Robbins true-dreams dream Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. Tom Robbins unhappy-person unhappiness self 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 being unencumbered upon the land. Tom Robbins land soul joy …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; …. Tom Robbins adventurer rejects fighter Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return. Tom Robbins afraid-to-love return chance We are seldom as limited as we think we are. Tom Robbins thinking 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 what you wanna see, right? It’s a game, right? It’s like being paid for dreaming. Tom Robbins games dream art 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. You don’t even want to communicate in a relationship. You think that if you open up to love, you’ll lose your independence or your self-expression or creativity or whatever you call all that passionate, wonderful stuff that makes you feel alive inside. Tom Robbins creativity love-you art 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 seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate. Tom Robbins craziness rage violence Hawaii made the mouth of her soul water. Tom Robbins hawaii soul water Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else. Tom Robbins harm water dirty Normality is the Great Neurosis of civilization. Tom Robbins normality neurosis civilization Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of lives that are clobbered yearly as a result of laws: outmoded laws; laws that found their way onto the books as a result of ignorance, hysteria or political haymaking; antilife laws; biased laws; laws that pretend that reality is fixed and nature is definable; laws that deny people the right to refuse protection. A survey such as that could keep a dozen dull sociologists out of mischief for months. Tom Robbins ignorance book reality Sharks are the criminals of the sea. Dolphins are the outlaws. Tom Robbins dolphins sharks sea 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 actions create him. Conversely, when we behave with compassion, generosity, and grace, we create God in the world. Tom Robbins generosity compassion mean
