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Still Life with Woodpecker

Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and ro

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“My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: no strings attached, Unconditional Love, Love

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Wasting Time, Searching, Perfect lover, Lover, Love

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Time, Wasting Time, Love, Lover, Perfect Love

“We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Heroes, Saving Ourselves

“We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: You Are Your Own Hero

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words ‘make’ and ‘stay’ become inappropriat…”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, romance, no strings attached

“My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Unconditional Love, Freedom

“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 Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: humor, People, Intelligence

“We all dream profusely every night, yet by morning we’ve forgotten ninety percent of what went on. That’s why poets are such important members of society. Poets remember our dreams for us.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Poets, Dreams, Artists, Writers

“There's no point in saving the world if it means losing the moon.”

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Tagged: Tom Robbins

“Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense. Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Tom Robbins

“People are never perfect, but love can be.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Tom Robbins

“When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we wake up and find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then it's usually too late, we…”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Tom Robbins

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriat…”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Tom Robbins

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: Tom Robbins

“Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense. Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice.”

— Tom Robbins, goodreads.com

Tagged: Introvert

“If this typewriter can’t do it, then f*** it, it can’t be done.”

— Tom Robbins, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books