When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on - series polygamy - until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimension to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. - Tom Robbins
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
- Tom Robbins
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment… - Tom Robbins
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment…
Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time. - Tom Robbins
Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.
The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actio… - Tom Robbins
The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actio…
Don't be outraged, be outrageous. - Tom Robbins
Don't be outraged, be outrageous.
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a … - Tom Robbins
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a …
Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving. - Tom Robbins
Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving.
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory. - Tom Robbins
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory.
In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another. - Tom Robbins
In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another.
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