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Tom Spanbauer Quotes

The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

Tom Spanbauer
Warrior, Keys, Who You Are

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

Tom Spanbauer
Ignorance, Conditions, Highest
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.53, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

Tom Spanbauer
Rose, Life Is, Being Human
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.254, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.

Tom Spanbauer
Beautiful, Hurt, World
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.419, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?

Tom Spanbauer
Skins, Lasts, Next
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.287, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Looking for who I am is who I am.

Tom Spanbauer
Who I Am

Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?

Tom Spanbauer
Remembered, Those We Love
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.265, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.

Tom Spanbauer
Heart, Hands, Body
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.393, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let the body celebrate.

Tom Spanbauer
Brave, Lovely, Body
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.500, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

I'm an old Catholic. I don't believe in anything Catholic but I do believe that Catholicism keeps me from committing suicide.

Tom Spanbauer
Suicide, Believe, Catholic
Interview with Kathryn Borel, believermag.com. May 1, 2014.

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

Tom Spanbauer
Lonely, Artist, True Artists
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.75, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them.

Tom Spanbauer
Miracle
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

Tom Spanbauer
Beautiful, Life Is
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

Tom Spanbauer
Play, Individuality, Identity
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.74, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Things start where you don't know and end up where you know. When you know is when you ask, How did this start?

Tom Spanbauer
Ends, Knows, Asks
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.497, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.

Tom Spanbauer
Holy Grail, Important, God Knows
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.48, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.

Tom Spanbauer
Fun, Waiting, Heaven
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

I was wounded by a blow of love.

Tom Spanbauer
Blow, Wounded

The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.

Tom Spanbauer
World, Care, Way
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story.

Tom Spanbauer
Responsibility, Survivor, Stories
Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.49, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

takes a devil to make a decent angel.

Tom Spanbauer
Angel, Devil, Decent
Tom Spanbauer (2000). “The Man who Fell in Love with the Moon: A Novel”, p.184, Grove Press

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