Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American writer, activist, and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown is also a mystery writer and screenwriter.
As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual is productive responsible, and energetic, why should her choice in a partner make such a fuss? The government is only too happy to take my tax money and yet they uphold legislation that keeps me a second class citizen. Surely, there should be a tax break for those of us who are robbed of full and equal participation and protection in the life of our nation.
I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess. " "Maybe that's all they have in common.
piety is like garlic: a little goes a long way.
Gossip is irresponsible communication. Irresponsible because it is at the expense of another person who is not there to defend herself. Irresponsible because it is not constructive: it helps no one, least of all the person being gossiped about.
I believe in art that conceals art.
Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. The great difference between sport and art is that sport, like a sonnet, forces beauty within its own system. Art, on the other hand, cyclically destroys boundaries and breaks free.
Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.
There are more differences between poor people than between middle-class people.
Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.
Normal is the average of deviance.
Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.
About all you can do in life is be who you are.
What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's not truly shared. A human being must learn at a very young age how to connect to other human beings. Our technologies are driving us apart, only connecting us in terms of information, not in terms of emotions.
Golf is an expensive way to make yourself miserable.
Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.
Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.
Morals are private. Decency is public.
The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.
Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.