Tom Robbins Quotes

I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.

I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure.

"When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go?"

Here's what happens when you die--you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee you that when you die, nothing cool happens.

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.

Even death has a heart.

I don't know what's waiting for us when we die--something better, something worse. I only know I'm not ready to find out yet.

How fares it with the happy dead?

Pity that the only way to paradise is in a hearse.

Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.

As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where people used to die all the time, but a child is not allowed to see a dead body. When you ask, 'Where is so-and so?' you're told, 'He's gone to another world where we all go to live in the future.'

I do not regard it as wrong to take my life, because I simply change my place of residence and go where my wife and baby are.

I would hate the thought of dying full stop; I've got to be honest with you.

To have died once is enough.

I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything, but dying is really the only chance we'll get to rest.

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.