"Do your own thing, be your own king, that’s my philosophy. Lead or get out of the way."

“The only good leader is a reluctant one.”

“What a gift we are to us!”

“May you be ever overwhelmed by how many people you love.”

“Beauty has no superlative.”

“Forty-odd years ago, there was a countercultural moment, a brief, shining moment, as it were, when the eyes of a generation glimpsed the Eden beneath the veil.  However fleeting was this paradise, or however harsh has been its repression, its light nonetheless inspired a rowdy cohort of artists to carry its torch into the future. Tom Robbins is one of these unruly pioneers, and his frequently bestselling novels are so saturated in an uncontainable joie de vivre that they have remained virtually required reading throughout the years and decades since their initial publication.”

“It would behoove us to groove.”