Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.
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I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.
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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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You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
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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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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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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
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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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I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
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Don't hope more than you're willing to work.
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Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
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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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Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
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I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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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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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.
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the reason for revolution is so the good things in life circulate.
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About all you can do in life is be who you are.
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Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
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Once you know what women are like, men get kind of boring. I'm not trying to put them down, I mean I like them sometimes as people, but sexually they're dull.
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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.