Rita Mae Brown

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

“As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.”

“I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.”

“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.”

“Humor comes from self-confidence.”

“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.”

“A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.”

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

“No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.”

“To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.”

“Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.”

“All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.”

“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.”

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

“I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn't have a social impact as much as great literary impact.”

“I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.”

“Whenever a young thing wants to be free minus serious thought, she gets pregnant and then gets married. Voilà!”

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

“We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?”