Rita Mae Brown Quotes

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.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.

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.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

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

Loving's pretty easy. It's letting someone love you that's hard.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

When God made man she was practicing.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

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.

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

Oh well, maybe the only beauty left in cities is in the oil slicks on the road and maybe there isn't any beauty left in the people who live in these places.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.