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Quotes from Rita Mae Brown

Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls at 6:30 each morning.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
~ Rita Mae Brown
We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.
~ Rita Mae Brown
I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.
~ Rita Mae Brown
whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse.
~ Rita Mae Brown
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
~ Rita Mae Brown
If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.
~ Rita Mae Brown
The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
~ Rita Mae Brown
The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.
~ Rita Mae Brown