911 Quotes by Tom Robbins

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    The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable.

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    But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity’s a hairball coughed up on the Persian carpet of Creation.

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    In the world according to the positivist, the inspiring thing about scrambled eggs is that any way you turn them they’re sunny side up. In the world according to the existentialist, the hopeless thing about scrambled eggs is that any way you turn them they’re scrambled.

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    Ultimately, the roast turkey must be regarded as a monument to Boomer’s love.

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    Can a woman who does not know the contents of her handbag know the contents of her heart?

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    And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks.

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    Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It’s no coincidence we call them ’deadlines.

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    He was becoming unstuck, he was sure of that – his bones were no longer wrapped in flesh but in clouds of dust, in hummingbirds, dragonflies, and luminous moths – but so perfect was his equilibrium that he felt no fear. He was vast, he was many, he was dynamic, he was eternal.

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