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Quotes from Skinny Legs and All — Tom Robbins

1932–2025 United States

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In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

The winter passed as slowly and peacefully as a boa constrictor digesting a valium addict.

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

Of the seven deadly sins, lust is definitely the pick of the litter.

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

A person can't make a career out of somebody else's invective.

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

"Not naive," Conch Shell had corrected him, "He simply has not been taught to fear the things you fear."

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

"Leave me in the night but please don't leave me in the dark"

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

"keep your eye on the ball, even if you cannot see the ball."

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.

Skinny Legs and All (1990)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tom Robbins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.