Tom Spanbauer quotes
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“The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.”
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“To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.53, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.265, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“takes a devil to make a decent angel.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2000). “The Man who Fell in Love with the Moon: A Novel”, p.184, Grove Press
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“We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let the body celebrate.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.500, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.48, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Things start where you don't know and end up where you know. When you know is when you ask, How did this start?”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.497, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.75, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story.”
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“Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.287, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.254, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.419, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.393, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.”
-- Tom SpanbauerSource : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.74, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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