there are two kinds of people in this world : those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.
Tom RobbinsSomething has got to hold it together. I'm saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue.
Tom RobbinsI'm an outlaw, not a philosopher, but I know this much: there's meaning in everything, all things are connected, and a good champagne is a drink.' Bernard began to sing again. Timidly, Leigh-Cheri joined in. Between verses, they opened another bottle. The popping of its cork echoed throughout the great stone chamber. Of the three billion people on earth, only Bernard and Leigh-Cheri heard the popping of the cork and its echoes. Only Bernard and Leigh-Cheri passed out under the tablecloth.
Tom RobbinsI have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.
Tom RobbinsYou know what I mean? Real and unreal, beautiful and strange, like a dream. It got me high as a kite, but it didnโt last long enough. It ended too soon and left nothing behind.โ Thatโs how it is with dreams,โ said Priscilla. โTheyโre the perfect crime.
Tom RobbinsThe inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang word for the words that would accurately describe an emotion or a situation, it lowers their reality orientations, pushes them farther from shore, out onto the foggy waters of alienation and confusion.
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