Tom Robbins Quotes

If he wants to blow his head off, let him. I don't give a damn about Jim Bakker.

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

If you're offended, it's your problem.

I am mentally strong, but physically I'm constantly unwell. I internalise a lot of things, and if something stresses me or disturbs me, I don't talk about it and make myself sick with it.

I have no desire to make windows into men’s souls.

I had a remarkably happy childhood; whatever scars I have are self-inflicted.

I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations I have tolerated.

Your nerve coatings are only so thick. When they get worn really thin and frayed, that's when people say things, do things, misbehave.

I don't worry about offending people - I think most people are a lot more robust than some other people give them credit for.

How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad?

Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.

So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.

To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances.

If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again.

I open the door to the fear landscape room and flip open the small black box that was in my back pocket to see the syringes inside. This is the box I have always used, padded around the needles; it is a sign of something sick inside me, or something brave.

When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care.

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.

Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive.

When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.

Not every person is going to understand you and that's okay. They have a right to their opinion and you have every right to ignore it.

On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.

We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.