Tom Robbins Quotes

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: 'You're not making me happy, you're not doing this, you're not doing that.'

Sadhana is towards creating a sense of inner fulfillment, where there is no need to lean on anyone anymore.

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.

I don't know. I don't like girls whining and complaining about wanting a man! I never liked "Sex and the City", the kind of thing where women only feel empowered once they find The Man. It is just not up my alley. I don't believe in it. There is nothing you can control about love.

You have to make your own family, your own life.

Don't wait for someone else to complete you. 'Jerry Maguire' was just a movie.

No one actually needs another person or another person's love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we do.

Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality.

Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.

Being single has definitely given me a new lease of life.

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.

People aren't defined by their relationship. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships.

For me, the times in my life when I've been single have been more formative and crucial than I could have imagined. I can cope, function and be happy on my own. I'm highly capable. That doesn't mean I don't like being with a partner, or that I don't feel more rounded when I'm with someone. But the times on my own have been so good.

When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

I didn't want to make a man the No. 1 quest in my life.

I'm so single. It's funny. I'm usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But it's good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

I've been in love with people and ideas in several cities and learned that the lovers I've loved and the ideas I've embraced depended on where I was, how cold it was, and what I had to do to be able to stand it.

Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids.