So often the truth is told with hate and lies are told with love.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

That's the craziest, dumbass thing I ever heard tell of. What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man? Hell, if I wanted a man, I'll get the real thing not one of these chippies.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— 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

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.

— Rita Mae Brown

Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

— Rita Mae Brown

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

— Rita Mae Brown

When God made man she was practicing.

— Rita Mae Brown

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

— Rita Mae Brown