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Still Life with Woodpecker
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"Still Life with Woodpecker" is a quirky, romantic novel that explores the meaning of love and individuality through the unconventional relationship between a princess and an outlaw.

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Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice.

Tom Robbins

loverebellion

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

Tom Robbins

happinesschildhood

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.

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perspectiveindividuality

The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Tom Robbins

happinessself-indulgence

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.

Tom Robbins

questionslearning

We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect love.

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loveexpectations

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

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self-worthsettling

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

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truthbelief

The idea that love conquers all is not an idea, but a fact. It's a fact that's been proved by a thousand human lives. Love is the ultimate ethic. The only way to measure its depth is by its height.

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loveethics

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

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magicskepticism