Rita Mae Brown Quotes

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

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

He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.

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

I had never thought I had much in common with anybody. I had no mother, no father, no roots, no biological similarities called sisters and brothers. And for a future I didn't want a split-level home with a station wagon, pastel refrigerator, and a houseful of blonde children evenly spaced through the years. I didn't want to walk into the pages of McCall's magazine and become the model housewife. I didn't even want a husband or any man for that matter. I wanted to go my own way. That's all I think I ever wanted, to go my own way and maybe find some love here and there. Love, but not the now and forever kind with chains around your vagina and a short circuit in your brain. I'd rather be alone.