Tom Robbins Quotes about Water

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This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.

This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.

Tom Robbins

Long, Water, Annoying

Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.12, Bantam

Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.

Tom Robbins

Dirty, Water, Harm

Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.113, Bantam

Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes.

Tom Robbins

Sweet, Keys, Water

O tequila, savage water of sorcery, what confusion and mischief your sly, rebellious drops do generate

Tom Robbins

Water, Confusion, Sorcery

Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.48, Bantam

The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang word for the words that would accurately describe an emotion or a situation, it lowers their reality orientations, pushes them farther from shore, out onto the foggy waters of alienation and confusion.

Tom Robbins

Reality, Water, Confusion

Tom Robbins (2003). “Skinny Legs and All”, p.77, Bantam

She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins.

Tom Robbins

Water, Tears, Velocity

Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.6, Bantam