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

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More Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

- Rita Mae Brown

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

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

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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

Humor comes from self-confidence.

- Rita Mae Brown

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

- Rita Mae Brown

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

- Rita Mae Brown

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life time for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain

- Rita Mae Brown

You focus on telling stories,
we do everything else.