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Home Quotes & Sayings Tom Robbins Quotes (About Conformity, Violence)

Tom Robbins Quotes: There is a comfort in conformity, a security…

There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.

("Jitterbug Perfume")

More Quotes from Tom Robbins:

To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security. Therefore, to live one must be ready to die. How's that for a paradox?
Tom Robbins

They glared at her the way any intelligent persons ought to glare when what they need is a smoke, a bite, a cup of coffee, a piece of ass, or a good fast-paced story, and all they're getting is philosophy.
Tom Robbins

Their desperate craving for simplicity sure can create complications. And their pitiful longing for certainty sure can make things unsteady.
Tom Robbins

Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Some of them, such as Alobar, huff and puff and try to expand the container. Others, such as Kudra, seek to pry the lid off and hop out.
Tom Robbins

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.
Tom Robbins

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

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Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.
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