Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.
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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.
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Adjectives are the curse of America.
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A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.
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Divorce: fission after fusion.
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It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.
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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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Gossip is irresponsible communication.
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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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Why marry a woman if you're going to betray her, and if you're going to betray her, why beat her? The fault is not hers ... I sometimes think the worst we do, we do behind closed doors.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!
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Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you.
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Normal is the average of deviance.
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Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.
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I don't believe in straight or gay. I really don't. I think we're all degrees of bisexual.
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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People are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.
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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
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One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"
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As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual is productive responsible, and energetic, why should her choice in a partner make such a fuss? The government is only too happy to take my tax money and yet they uphold legislation that keeps me a second class citizen. Surely, there should be a tax break for those of us who are robbed of full and equal participation and protection in the life of our nation.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.