Rita Mae Brown - Quodid

About

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Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the Lambda Literary Awards in 2015. She is considered a significant Southern lesbian feminist poet and author and is associated with the women's liberation movement and women in print movement.

Quotes from Rita Mae Brown

In America the word revolution is used to sell pantyhose.

—Rita Mae Brown

USA revolution pantyhose

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

—Rita Mae Brown

life purpose enjoyment

Think of a word as a pendulum instead of a fixed entity. A word can sweep by your ear and by its very sound suggest hidden meanings, preconscious associations. Listen to these words: blood, tranquil, democracy. You know what they mean literally but you have associations with those words that are cultural, as well as your own personal associations.

—Rita Mae Brown

words meaning democracy

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.

—Rita Mae Brown

self-love reward conformity

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

—Rita Mae Brown

experience bad good judgment

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

—Rita Mae Brown in Hiss of Death

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.

—Rita Mae Brown

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

—Rita Mae Brown

I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.

—Rita Mae Brown

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

Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.

—Rita Mae Brown

Computer dating is fine, if you�re a computer.

—Rita Mae Brown

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

—Rita Mae Brown

memory happiness

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.

—Rita Mae Brown

Books

Rita Mae Brown has the following books quoted on Quodid:

Hiss of Death