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 RobbinsA child's mind is its living room; it's is going to be residing there for the rest of its earthly existence.
Tom RobbinsAll depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
Tom RobbinsHardly a pure science, history is closer to animal husbandry than it is to mathematics in that it involves selective breeding. The principal difference between the husbandryman and the historian is that the former breeds sheep or cows or such and the latter breeds (assumed) facts. The husbandryman uses his skills to enrich the future, the historian uses his to enrich the past. Both are usually up to their ankles in bullshit.
Tom Robbins