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Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality that he has none left for the social graces.

Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality that he has none left for the social graces.

Tom Robbins
Ideas, Personality, Grace
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.137, Bantam

I removed the freeway from its temporal context. Overpasses, cloverleafs, exit ramps took on the personality of Mayan ruins for me. Without destination, without cessation, my run was often silent and empty; there were no increments, no arbitrary graduations reducing time to functional units. I abstracted and purified.

Tom Robbins
Running, Personality, Arbitrary

Employing women as my primary protagonists has allowed me to step outside of myself, to distance myself from my own personality, far more easily than were I to look at events from a masculine perspective.

Tom Robbins
Distance, Perspective, Personality

How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships.

Tom Robbins
Memorable, Personality, Understanding
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.23, Bantam

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