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Rita Mae Brown Quotes - Page 2

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Normal is the average of deviance.

Normal is the average of deviance.

Rita Mae Brown
Average, Deviance, Normal
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Venus Envy”, p.126, Bantam

Love is the wild card of existence.

Rita Mae Brown
Love, Love Is, Cards
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small”, p.21, Ballantine Books

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Rita Mae Brown
Inspirational, Inspiring, Trust
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.9, Bantam

compromise is the work of mature people.

Rita Mae Brown
People, Compromise, Mature
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.259, Bantam

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

Rita Mae Brown
Funny, Witty, Rude
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.38, Bantam

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

Rita Mae Brown
Gratitude, Appreciation, Attitude
Rita Mae Brown (2014). “Rubyfruit Jungle”, p.29, Bantam

To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

Rita Mae Brown
Meaningful, Work, Meaningful Work

Familiarity breeds consent.

Rita Mae Brown
Consent, Familiarity
"In Her Day". Book by Rita Mae Brown, 1976.

Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.

Rita Mae Brown
Independent Women, Feminist, Body

When God made man she was practicing.

Rita Mae Brown
Men, Feminism, Made
Rita Mae Brown (2004). “Cat on the Scent: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery”, p.73, Bantam

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Rita Mae Brown
Life, Motivational, Spiritual

My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.

Rita Mae Brown
Christian, Gay, Men

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

Rita Mae Brown
Inspirational, Funny, Birthday

One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.

Rita Mae Brown
Wife, Statistics, Found

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

Rita Mae Brown
Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.

Rita Mae Brown
Consciousness, Hell, Raises

Youth moves out, leaving no forwarding address. No matter how you try, you can't reach that person again or that place.

Rita Mae Brown
Moving, Leaving, Trying
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.382, Bantam

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.

Rita Mae Brown
Love, Hurt, Pregnancy
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Riding Shotgun”, p.151, Bantam

Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.

Rita Mae Brown
Men, Gentleman, Males
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.232, Bantam

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

Rita Mae Brown
Business, Inspirational Life, Goal
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.145, Bantam

What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.

Rita Mae Brown
Want, Rust, Body

I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.

Rita Mae Brown
Fun, Gay, Thinking

I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.

Rita Mae Brown
Littles, Reason, Accepting

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

Rita Mae Brown
Love You, Easy, Hard
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Riding Shotgun”, p.343, Bantam

In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.

Rita Mae Brown
Sex, Europe, America
Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.175, Bantam

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