Rita Mae Brown

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.

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

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

When God made man she was practicing.

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.

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.

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.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

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

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.

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