Robbins had two sisters--twins--and was the grandson of two preachers; his mother taught Sunday school and wrote religious stories for children. His father was an executive for a power company. He played basketball in high school, then attended Washington & Lee for two years; he was expelled from his fraternity for throwing biscuits. He hitchhiked around the country, then spent three years in the Air Force, stationed in the Far East. Following this, he lived in Seattle where, among other things, more...
Robbins had two sisters--twins--and was the grandson of two preachers; his mother taught Sunday school and wrote religious stories for children. His father was an executive for a power company. He played basketball in high school, then attended Washington & Lee for two years; he was expelled from his fraternity for throwing biscuits. He hitchhiked around the country, then spent three years in the Air Force, stationed in the Far East. Following this, he lived in Seattle where, among other things, he wrote headlines for the "Dear Abby" column for the local newspaper. Eventually graduating from college, he went to the Graduate School of Far Eastern Studies at University of Washington, then became an editor and art critic at the Seattle Times. He received a $2,500 advance for his first novel, ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION, which was published in 1971. Since then, Robbins has been a consistent bestseller.less...
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When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on - series polygamy - until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.
Absolutely! This man is the most eloquent, brash, philosophical, romantic, thoughtful, amusing and outrageous author of our time. I have yet to read someone who can take such ordinary words and spin them into such colourful, sensual pleasures. He's better than sexy underwear!
Tom Robins is one of the most sensual and interesting authors I have read! I can't believe that more people aren't fans. If you want to swim in the language of a book and think about things that you might never have gotten around to pondering, read Tom Robbins.
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on - series polygamy - until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.