Tom Robbins

Bluto · Post by **Bluto** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:23 am

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been undrunk, responsible and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

-Tom Robbins

This may not speciffically be about drinking, but I like the general idea behind it. It's not too hard to make the leap from playful, rebellious, and immature to a good bender.

billybill · Post by **billybill** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:24 pm

There's a lot of great quotes like that in robbins' work that could be taken in the drunken context, but I think in general he's actually kind of opposed drunkedness and more into the psychadellics.
But writing's like art and you can take it how you fucking want.

Bluto · Post by **Bluto** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:48 pm

I think you're right. Both about Robbins intent and writings ability to be interpreted in different ways.
I like to look at this particular line as being in the vein of carpe diem. go out and have fun, be wild, go cazy, drink a litle too much vino. The end of the world will not be the of such endeavors. In fact, it's behavior such as this that really makes life worth living and leads to many great things.

billybill · Post by **billybill** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:53 pm

yeah. he's simply amazing, what book is that from again?
After Vonnegut, he's my favorite author. His books have changed the way I look at certain aspects of life.
Which reminds me it's about time I read still life with woodpecker again.

Bluto · Post by **Bluto** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:03 am

billybill wrote:yeah. he's simply amazing, what book is that from again?
After Vonnegut, he's my favorite author. His books have changed the way I look at certain aspects of life.
Which reminds me it's about time I read still life with woodpecker again.

I believe it is from In Humanity. But to be honest I'm not as familiar with his work as I Should be. That's something I hope to remedy in the foreseeable fututre.