Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
Context: I set an example. That's all anyone can do. I'm sorry the cowgirls didn't pay better attention, but I couldn't force them to notice me. I've lived most of my entire adult life outside the law, and never have I compromised with authority. But neither have I gone out and picked fights with authority. That's stupid. They're waiting for that; they invite it; it helps keep them powerful. Authority is to be ridiculed, outwitted and avoided. And it's fairly easy to do all three. If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid — but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contradicting what you profess to believe in, and you set a bum example. If you want to change the world, change yourself.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1976 novel by Tom Robbins.
“… disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business….”
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“Whatever goes wrong can be used to your advantage, providing it goes wrong enough.”
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“Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.”
Variant: Live the beauty or your own reality.
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“Of course I'm inconsistent! Only logicians and cretins are consistent!”
spoken by the character "The Chink".
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)