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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.
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[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.
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While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, Man, And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
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I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.
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Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
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My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
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Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.
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You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.
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Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
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Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
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The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.
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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.
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Consider the new woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.
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Morals are private. Decency is public.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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