Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.
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Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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Humor comes from self-confidence.
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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
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Don't hope more than you're willing to work.
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What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
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Life is too short to be miserable.
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Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
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Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
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The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.
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Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
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Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.
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Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
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I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
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If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.
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I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
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You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
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the reason for revolution is so the good things in life circulate.
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We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble.
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About all you can do in life is be who you are.
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I think in the years to come what Reagan will be remembered for is that he had the chance to stop the plague and he chose not to because the 'right people' were dying.
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Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.