Quotes from Rita Mae Brown

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.

I used to think romantic love was a neurosis shared by two, a supreme foolishness. I no longer think that. There's nothing foolish in loving anyone. Thinking you'll be loved in return is what's foolish.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.

Love is the wild card of existence.

Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle.

Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

Humor comes from self-confidence.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.