Tom Robbins Woodpecker Quotations

There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum.

A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.

Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you.

A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free.

Some folks hide, and some folks seek, and seeking, when it's mindless, neurotic, desperate, or pusillanimous can be a form of hiding.

There is a similarity between juggling and composing on the typewriter. The trick is, when you spill something, make it look like a part of the act.

When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free.

People are never perfect, but love can be.

People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99)

What we have here is an unexpected touchdown on the runway of the heart.

Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice.

Outlaws are can openers in the supermarket of life.