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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 3a1a399 | Every daydream that involves the past sports in its hatband a ticket to the grave. | Tom Robbins | ||
| a2c8146 | There are no such things as synonyms!" he practically shouted. "Deluge is not the same as flood." | Tom Robbins | ||
| 47586a4 | It's personal freedom, not hundred dollar bills that lights the soul's cigar. | Tom Robbins | ||
| f32eae8 | i've lived most of my entire adult life outside the law, and never have i compromised with authority. but neither have i gone out and picked fights with authority. that's stupid. they're waiting for that; they invite it; it helps keep them powerful. authority is to be ridiculed, outwitted and avoided. and its fairly easy to do all three. if you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, act lovingly; if you believe every whic.. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 38ed583 | The function of the artist,' the Navajo answered, 'is to provide what life does not. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 101cd8a | You are an ignorant schoolgirl. You think civilization is a good thing. | Tom Robbins | ||
| f2e64b1 | If being alive is not a virtue, then there is little virtue in virtue. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 055fa85 | Not too many years ago, the names of our perfumes bore testimony to such things. There was a popular scent called Tabu, there was Sorcery, My Sin, Vampire, Voodoo, Evening in Paris, Jungle Gardenia, Bandit, Shocking, Intimate, Love Potion, and L'Heure Bleue--The Blue Hour. Nowadays what do we find? Vanderbilt, Miss Dior, Lauren, and Armani, perfumes named after glorified tailors"--there were murmurs and gasps in the audience--"names that ev.. | Tom Robbins | ||
| a60b4db | Poor little babies are so afraid of pain that they spurn the myriad sweet wonders of life so that they might protect themselves from hurt. How can you respect that sort of weakness, how can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that disappointments can bring? | Tom Robbins | ||
| 20e1a02 | Peeple of zee wurl, relax | Tom Robbins | ||
| 3197871 | Hi." "Honey!" exclaimed Patsy. "Good to hear your voice! Listen, I oughtta go pull my robe on 'fore we commence. You caught me nekkid as a jaybird." " 'Nekkid' or 'naked,' mama?" "What's the blessed difference? Are you making Yankee fun of the way I talk? The way you used to talk?" "No, no, mama, let me tell you. Naked means you just don't have any clothes on. Nekkid means you don't have any clothes on and you're fixing to get into trouble... | Tom Robbins | ||
| 274d288 | The clown is a creature of chaos. His appearance is an affront to our sense of dignity, his actions a mockery of our sense of order. The clown (freedom) is always being chased by the policeman (authority). Clowns are funny precisely because their shy hopes lead invariably to brief flings of (exhilarating?) disorder followed by crushing retaliation from the status quo. It delights us to watch a careless clown break taboos; it thrills us vica.. | chaos clown disorder freedom jesus order | Tom Robbins | |
| aebbcc4 | Jerusalem was capital of southern Israel, known then as Judah. Isn't it true that there's always a rivalry between north and south? North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam, Northern and Southern Ireland, Yankees and Rebels, uptown and downtown. Somebody please tell me why that is? Maybe southerners get too much sun, like Mr. Sock over there, frying his threads, and northerners don't get enough (although I hardly think northern Israel.. | jerusalem north-vs-south northerners progress rivalry southerners | Tom Robbins | |
| 5603376 | Are you to be an individual, a trespasser in territory none else has had the wit or nerve to explore, or just another troublesome mosquito to be swatted by the authorities? | Tom Robbins | ||
| a8c2bb6 | Evidently, I'd suffered an epiphany: the subconscious realization that when it comes to coolness, nothing the human race has ever invented is more cool than a book. | coolness humanity-and-society invention literature worldview | Tom Robbins | |
| fcdc9ec | It might be noted here that Freudian analysts of fairy tales have suggested that kissing toads and frogs is symbolized fellatio. In that regard, Princess Leigh-Cheri was, on a conscious level, innocent, although not so naive as Queen Tilli, who though fellatio was an obscure Italian opera and was annoyed that she couldn't find the score. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 58c8c8b | If I have been given any gift in this life, it's my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the world of imagination. | inspirational memoir | Tom Robbins | |
| fc6c3eb | Of our nine planets, Saturn is the one that looks like fun. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 7c661f8 | Some families ran their own little version of the Middle East. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 04a9c1d | The power of owning our stories, even the difficult ones, is that we get to write the ending. | Brené Brown | ||
| a0d4046 | True belonging has no bunkers. We have to step out from behind the barricades of self-preservation and brave the wild. | Brené Brown | ||
| 9c456e0 | Again, there's no question that feedback may be one of the most difficult arenas to negotiate in our lives. We should remember, though, that victory is not getting good feedback, avoiding giving difficult feedback, or avoiding the need for feedback. Instead it's taking off the armor, showing up, and engaging. | Brené Brown | ||
| 8f41276 | The heart of compassion is really acceptance. The better we are at accepting ourselves and others, the more compassionate we become. Well, it's difficult to accept people when they are hurting us or taking advantage of us or walking all over us. This research has taught me that if we really want to practice compassion, we have to start by setting boundaries and holding people accountable | Brené Brown | ||
| 8eb4ed9 | Spiritual connection and engagement is not built on compliance, it's the product of love, belonging, and vulnerability. | Brené Brown | ||
| 3aab1b7 | Yes, we are totally exposed when we are vulnerable. Yes, we are in the torture chamber that we call uncertainty. And, yes, we're taking a huge emotional risk when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable. But there's no equation where taking risks, braving uncertainty, and opening ourselves up to emotional exposure equals weakness. | Brené Brown | ||
| 73145e2 | If connection is the energy that surges between people, we have to remember that those surges must travel in both directions. | Brené Brown | ||
| 3889cff | What behaviors are rewarded? Punished? Where and how are people actually spending their resources (time, money, attention)? What rules and expectations are followed, enforced, and ignored? Do people feel safe and supported talking about how they feel and asking for what they need? What are the sacred cows? Who is most likely to tip them? Who stands the cows back up? What stories are legend and what values do they convey? What happens when s.. | Brené Brown | ||
| d634b64 | To practice courage, compassion, and connection is to look at life and the people around us, and say, "I'm all in." | Brené Brown | ||
| 25f62a3 | The refugee in Syria doesn't benefit more if you conserve your kindness only for her and withhold it from your neighbor who's going through a divorce. | Brené Brown | ||
| ff8336a | how often we all try to solve problems by doing more of what's not working--just doing it harder, grinding it out longer. We'll do anything to avoid the lowest of the low--self-examination. | Brené Brown | ||
| be72754 | DIG Deep--get deliberate, inspired, and going. | Brené Brown | ||
| e2e86dc | Over the years I've learned that a surefooted and confident mapmaker does not a swift traveler make. I stumble and fall, and I constantly find myself needing to change course. And even though I'm trying to follow a map that I've drawn, there are many times when frustration and self-doubt take over, and I wad up that map and shove it into the junk drawer in my kitchen. It's not an easy journey from excruciating to exquisite, but for me it's .. | Brené Brown | ||
| 384f8a4 | Perfectionism never happens in a vacuum. It touches everyone around us. We pass it down to our children, we infect our workplace with impossible expectations, and it's suffocating for our friends and families. Thankfully, compassion also spreads quickly. When we're kind to ourselves, we create a reservoir of compassion that we can extend to others. | Brené Brown | ||
| 1852a98 | I want our home to be a place where we can be our bravest selves and our most fearful selves. Where we practice difficult conversations and share our shaming moments from school and work. I want to look at Steve and my kids and say, "I'm with you. In the arena. And when we fail, we'll fail together, while daring greatly." We simply can't learn to be more vulnerable and courageous on our own. Sometimes our first and greatest dare is asking f.. | Brené Brown | ||
| a091100 | Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real, you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all.. | Brené Brown | ||
| 6aac47e | The opposite of play is not work--the opposite of play is depression." He explains, "Respecting our biologically programmed need for play can transform work. It can bring back excitement and newness to our job. Play helps us deal with difficulties, provides a sense of expansiveness, promotes mastery of our craft, and is an essential part of the creative process. Most important, true play that comes from our own inner needs and desires is th.. | Brené Brown | ||
| dd5335a | It's crazy how much energy we spend trying to avoid these hard topics when they're really the only ones that can set us free. | Brené Brown | ||
| 9e5e39a | It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again...who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while .. | Brené Brown | ||
| 3a8c7fb | We all have gifts and talents. When we cultivate those gifts and share them with the world, we create a sense of meaning and purpose in our lives. Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or "too bad" if we don't use the gifts that we've been given; we pay for it with our emotional and physical well-being. When we don't use our talents to cultivate meaningful work, we struggle. We feel disc.. | gift meaning-of-life purpose talent well-being | Brené Brown | |
| 8284b00 | If we want people to fully show up, to bring their whole selves including their unarmored, whole hearts--so that we can innovate, solve problems, and serve people--we have to be vigilant about creating a culture in which people feel safe, seen, heard, and respected. | Brené Brown | ||
| 23bb108 | There are times we will miss the opportunity to be empathic. Mental health professionals often call these "empathic failures." There are also times when the people around us will not be able to give us what we need. When this happens on occasion, most of our relationships can survive (and even thrive) if we work to repair the empathic failures. However, most relationships can't withstand repeated failed attempts at empathy. This is especial.. | Brené Brown | ||
| cc03d13 | Based on Gulliver's descriptions of their behaviour, the King describes Europeans as "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." | Jonathan Swift | ||
| abe46d9 | Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions. | Jonathan Swift | ||
| d5bc964 | It has an unhappy effect upon the human understanding and temper, for a man to be compelled in his gravest investigation of an argument, to consider, not what is true, but what is convenient. | convenience truth understanding | William Godwin |