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When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free
    #5647322 - 05/18/06 06:39 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

“… The difference between a criminal and an outlaw is that while criminals frequently are victims, outlaws never are. Indeed, the first step toward becoming a true outlaw is the refusal to be victimized.
“All people who live subject to other people’s laws are victims. People who break laws out of greed, frustration, or vengeance are victims. People who overturn laws in order to replace them with their own laws are victims. (I am speaking here of revolutionaries.) We outlaws, however, live beyond the law. We don’t merely live beyond the letter of the law—many businessmen, most politicians, and all cops do that—we live beyond the spirit of the law. In a sense, then, we live beyond society. Have we a common goal, that goal is to turn the tables on the nature of society. When we succeed, we raise the exhilaration content of the universe. We even raise it a little bit when we fail.

“…and I love the trite mythos of the outlaw. I love the self-conscious romanticism of the outlaw. I love the black wardrobe of the outlaw. I love the fey smile of the outlaw. I love the tequila of the outlaw and the beans of the outlaw. I love the way respectable men sneer and say ‘outlaw.’ I love the way young women palpitate and say ‘outlaw.’ The outlaw boat sails against the flow, and I love it. Outlaws toilet where badgers toilet, and I love it. All outlaws are photogenic, and I love that. ‘When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free’: that’s a graffito seen in Anacortes, and I love that. There are outlaw maps that lead to outlaw treasures, and I love those maps especially. Unwilling to wait for mankind to improve, the outlaw lives as if that day were here, and I love that most of all.”


On that note, has anyone else ever read "Still Life With Woodpecker"?


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Re: When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free [Re: goliath_91710]
    #5647347 - 05/18/06 06:45 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

twice.

same with every single one of his books.


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Re: When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #5647356 - 05/18/06 06:48 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

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psilocyberin said:
twice.

same with every single one of his books.




Tom Robbins is the fucking man. he is my favorite author of all time, with Hemingway coming in at a close second. Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues are three of the most amazing pieces of literature I've ever read.

My Tom Robbins books have more dog-eared pages than any others.


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Re: When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free [Re: goliath_91710]
    #5647375 - 05/18/06 06:54 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

How weird. I was going to make a post with a quote from that novel later tonight. IT is my first time reading the book, and I am very impressed.


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