RITA MAE BROWN QUOTES

American novelist (1944- )

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

RITA MAE BROWN

Rubyfruit Jungle


You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.

RITA MAE BROWN

Full Cry


Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.

RITA MAE BROWN

Hounded to Death


I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

RITA MAE BROWN

Alma Mater


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

RITA MAE BROWN

Time Magazine, March 18, 2008


I used to think romantic love was a neurosis shared by two, a supreme foolishness. I no longer think that. There's nothing foolish in loving anyone. Thinking you'll be loved in return is what's foolish.

RITA MAE BROWN

Bingo

Tags: love


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

RITA MAE BROWN

Sudden Death


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

Riding Shotgun


Sex makes monkeys out of all of us. If you don't give in to it, you wind up a cold, unfeeling bastard. If you do, you spend the rest of your life picking up the pieces.

RITA MAE BROWN

Alma Mater


Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.

RITA MAE BROWN

Full Cry


Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

RITA MAE BROWN

Alma Mater


I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.

RITA MAE BROWN

Time Magazine, March 18, 2008


Love is the wild card of existence.

RITA MAE BROWN

In Her Day


He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

RITA MAE BROWN

Venus Envy


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

RITA MAE BROWN

Hiss of Death


Normal is the average of deviance.

RITA MAE BROWN

Venus Envy


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

RITA MAE BROWN

attributed, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing


Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

RITA MAE BROWN

Sudden Death


When God made man she was practicing.

RITA MAE BROWN

Cat on the Scent


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

Starting from Scratch