Rita Mae Brown

Author, Activist

Rita Mae Brown is an American author and activist known for her groundbreaking novel 'Rubyfruit Jungle,' which explores themes of love and identity.

Born
November 2, 1939
Quotes
242
Rank
#546

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"What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over."

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"No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love"

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"Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence."

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"I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun."

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"Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group."

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

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"Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves."

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"He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out."

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"Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle."

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"Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse."

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

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