“One day in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
– Sigmund Freud

“Joy in spite of everything is yanking the bell rope despite physical affliction — it has become my Quasi Motto. One of my books is a hallucinogen, an aphrodisiac, a mood elevator, an intellectual garage door opener, and a metaphysical trash compactor.”
– Tom Robbins, at 89 years old (2021)