Tom Spanbauer Quotes

• The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

  Tom Spanbauer

  Warrior, Keys, Who You Are

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• To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

  Tom Spanbauer

  Ignorance, Conditions, Highest

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.53, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

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  Rose, Life Is, Being Human

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.254, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.

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  Beautiful, Hurt, World

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.419, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?

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  Skins, Lasts, Next

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.287, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Looking for who I am is who I am.

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  Who I Am

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• Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.

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  Heart, Hands, Body

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.393, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?

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  Remembered, Those We Love

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.265, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let the body celebrate.

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  Brave, Lovely, Body

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.500, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I'm an old Catholic. I don't believe in anything Catholic but I do believe that Catholicism keeps me from committing suicide.

  Tom Spanbauer

  Suicide, Believe, Catholic

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, believermag.com. May 1, 2014.

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• There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

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  Lonely, Artist, True Artists

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.75, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them.

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  Miracle

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

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  Play, Individuality, Identity

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.74, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Things start where you don't know and end up where you know. When you know is when you ask, How did this start?

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  Ends, Knows, Asks

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.497, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.

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  Holy Grail, Important, God Knows

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.48, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.

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  Fun, Waiting, Heaven

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I was wounded by a blow of love.

  Tom Spanbauer

  Blow, Wounded

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• The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.

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  World, Care, Way

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Life Is

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story.

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  Responsibility, Survivor, Stories

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.49, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• takes a devil to make a decent angel.

  Tom Spanbauer

  Angel, Devil, Decent

  Tom Spanbauer (2000). “The Man who Fell in Love with the Moon: A Novel”, p.184, Grove Press

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