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Never hope for it more than you work for it.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Polo Player
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Hope
Work
Never

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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.
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Writers will happen in the best of families.
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Youth moves out, leaving no forwarding address. No matter how you try, you can't reach that person again or that place.
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[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.
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When God made man she was practicing.
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
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I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.
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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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In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.
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Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.
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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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All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.
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Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of us think.
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