Violence stinks no matter which side of it you're on. But now and then there's nothing left to do but hit the other person over the head with a frying pan. Tom Robbins More Quotes by Tom Robbins More Quotes From Tom Robbins Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars. Tom Robbins folly stars doe 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 make-things-happen life-and-change people When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle. Tom Robbins geese bottles writing If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it. Tom Robbins names inspirational country The most useful thing about art is it's uselessness. Tom Robbins art-is useful-things art Kissing is man's greatest invention. All animals copulate, but only humans kiss. Tom Robbins kissing animal men I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred. Tom Robbins sacred i-believe believe In general, I've found female protagonists more intriguing to work with than males. I cherish women and have always preferred their company, reveling in their perfumes, their contours, their finer-grained sensibilities, lunar intuitions, nurturing instincts and relatively unfettered emotions--although I'm certainly not unaware that there are plenty of neurotic, uptight, stupid women in the world. Tom Robbins males intuition stupid Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically the same. There's only a difference of degree. We both have the same basic form of government: economic totalitarianism. In other words, the settlement to all questions, the solutions to all issues are determined not by what will make the people most healthy and happy in their bodies and their minds but by economics. Dollars or rubles. Tom Robbins russia differences government A thing is good because it is good, not because it is natural. A thing is bad because it is bad, not because its artificial. It is not a damn iota better to be bitten by a rattlesnake than shot by a gun. Tom Robbins shots gun natural Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality that he has none left for the social graces. Tom Robbins grace personality ideas Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. If there's any one word -- if you had to pick one word to describe the nature of the universe -- I think that word would be paradox. That's true at the subatomic level, right through sociological, psychological, philosophical levels on up to cosmic levels. Tom Robbins philosophical reality thinking It is what it is. You are what you it. There are no mistakes. Tom Robbins it-is-what-it-is mistake The first thunderstorm of the season was in the dressing room, donning its black robes and its necklace of hailstones, strapping on its electrical sword. Tom Robbins necklaces black rooms Hold on to your divine blush, your innate rosy magic, or end up brown. Once you're brown, you'll find out you're blue. As blue as indigo. And you know what that means. Indigo. Indigoing. Indigone. Tom Robbins magic blue mean Some folks hide and some folks seek, and seeking when its mindless, neurotic, desperate, or pusillanimous, can be a form of hiding. Tom Robbins still-life-with-woodpecker desperate hiding Nobody quite knew what to make of the moon any more. Tom Robbins educational moon philosophy Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. Tom Robbins baby Dip a slice of bread in batter. That's September: yellow, gold, soft and sticky. Fry the bread. Now you have October: chewier, drier, streaked with browns. The day in question fell somewhere in the middle of the french toast process. Tom Robbins french-toast gold yellow 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 halloween scary giving
