You're better equipped for this world than I am," she said. "I'm always trying to change the world. You know how to live in it.
Tom RobbinsThe brown paper bag is the only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature.
Tom RobbinsCuriosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.
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Tom RobbinsThere is little difference between the Zulu warrior who smeared bis body with lion's fat and the modern woman who dabs hers with expensive perfume. The one was trying to acquire the courage of the king of beasts, the other is attempting to acquire the irresistible sexuality of flowers. The underlying principle is the same.
Tom RobbinsThe harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted out behind the barn. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man can resemble leaf mold or junkyard rust, a woman wears like a tiara of rubies.
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