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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.

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.

Rita Mae Brown
Love, Life, Being Yourself

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

Rita Mae Brown
Inspiration, Learning, People
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.47, Bantam

Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.

Rita Mae Brown
Simple, Looks

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

Rita Mae Brown
Inspirational, Being Yourself, Women

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

Rita Mae Brown
Writing, Doors, Splinters

Some people live life and others talk about it.

Rita Mae Brown
Live Life, People
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.161, Bantam

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Rita Mae Brown
Happiness, Happy, Funny Inspirational

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.

Rita Mae Brown
Strong, Believe, Water

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

Rita Mae Brown
Failure, Procrastination, Done

Pain isn't always the enemy.

Rita Mae Brown
Pain, Enemy

Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!

Rita Mae Brown
Two, Three, Freeways
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Hiss of Death: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery”, p.121, Bantam

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.

Rita Mae Brown
Single, Thankful, Gratitude
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.20, Bantam

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Rita Mae Brown
Love, Play, Roles
Rita Mae Brown (1976). “A plain brown rapper”, Diana Pr

Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.

Rita Mae Brown
Heart, People, World
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Dolley”, p.216, Bantam

Life is too short to be miserable.

Rita Mae Brown
Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short, Miserable
Rita Mae Brown (1982). “Southern discomfort”, Harpercollins

The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.

Rita Mae Brown
Inspirational, Self, Dishonesty

People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.

Rita Mae Brown
Beautiful, People, Who Cares
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Bingo”, p.285, Bantam

Morals are private. Decency is public.

Rita Mae Brown
Moral, Privacy, Decency
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.84, Bantam

So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.

Rita Mae Brown
Laughing, Titles, Lucky
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.406, Bantam

Golf is an expensive way to make yourself miserable.

Rita Mae Brown
Golf, Way, Miserable

If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.

Rita Mae Brown
Dies, Ifs

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.

Rita Mae Brown
Funny, Friendship, Depressing
Rita Mae Brown (1989). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, Bantam

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Rita Mae Brown
Choices, Decision, Peacefulness

I can only say I wish I had slept with everyone I am accused of.

Rita Mae Brown
Wish, Accused, I Can

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

Rita Mae Brown
Life, Eulogy, Alive
Rita Mae Brown (1982). “Southern discomfort”, Harpercollins

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