Funny how we think of romance as always involving two, when the romance of solitude can be ever so much more delicious and intense.

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About Tom Robbins

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Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014,...

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Despair is as addictive as heroin and more popular than sex, for the single reason that when one is unhappy one gets to pay a lot of attention to oneself. Misery becomes a kind of emotional masturbation.

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We’re making it up. The world, the universe, life, reality. Especially reality.

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It doesn’t matter how sensitive you are or how damn smart and educated you are, if you’re not both at the same time, if your heart and your brain aren’t connected, aren’t working together harmoniously, well, you’re just hopping through life on one leg.

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“You’re better equipped for this world than I am,” she said. “I’m always trying to change the world. You know how to live in it.”

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Don’t trust anybody who’d rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.

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More quotations tagged with “romance”

Romantic love, I think, requires a degree of physical attraction, but devotion is needed to maintain it as an actual relationship. Physical attraction is a feeling you don’t really have control over, but devotion is something that has to be chosen.

—Angela N. Blount in Once Upon A Road Trip

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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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When people care about each other, they always find a way to make it work.

—Nicholas Sparks in True Believer

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A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

—Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love

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Fear of being alone is not a good reason to stay. Leaving this man you’ve been with for six years won’t be easy, but you’ll be okay and so will he. The end of your relationship with him will likely also mark the end of an era of your life. In moving into this next era there are going to be things you lose and things you gain. Trust yourself.

—Cheryl Strayed in Tiny Beautiful Things

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