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There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.

Tom Robbins

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
Author
Autobiographer
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Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Thomas Eugene Robbins
Comfort
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Violence
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Secretly
Domination
Attracted
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