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Tom Robbins is an American novelist known for his playful, surreal, and often philosophical writing style. His novels blend humor, countercultural themes, and vivid imagination. He has influenced generations of readers and writers with his unique voice and wit. Here are 282 of his quotes:

The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime. (Tom Robbins)
Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool. View quote
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We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. View quote
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Certain individual words do possess more pitch, more radiance, more shazam! than others, but it's the way words are juxtaposed with other words in a phrase or sentence that can create magic. View quote
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Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need. View quote
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You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans. View quote
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Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and transcendence there might be in a well-made taco and a cold bottle of beer. View quote
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People are never perfect, but love can be. View quote
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Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death. View quote
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Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time. View quote
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Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring. (Tom Robbins)
Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more complicated the better. View quote
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As a child, I was an imaginary playmate. View quote
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Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets. View quote
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Christianity is merely a system for turning priestesses into handmaidens, queens into concubines, and goddesses into muses. View quote
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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. View quote
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Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners. View quote
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Growing up is a trap," snapped Dr. Robbins. "When they tell you to shut up, they mean stop talking. When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing. Reach a nice level plateau and settle there, predictable and unchanging, no longer a threat. View quote
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It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful, like the flowers, than large, conservative, repressed, fearful, and aggressive, like the thunder lizards; a lesson, by the way, that the Earth has yet to learn. View quote
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To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security. Therefore, to live one must be ready to die. How's that for a paradox? View quote
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When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around. (Tom Robbins)
Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have known all along that it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek. View quote
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If by the quarter of the twentieth century godliness wasn't next to something more interesting than cleanliness, it might be time to reevaluate our notions of godliness. View quote
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Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver. View quote
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red hair is caused by sugar and lust. View quote
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Tom Robbins

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Occupation: American Author
Born: July 22, 1932
Died: February 9, 2025
Quotes count: 282
Wikipedia: Tom Robbins

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