Rita Mae Brown

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

"I also think living in the country gives you faith. All you have to do is get up and look at the mountains and look at the other animals to realize that your problems are mostly made up or exacerbated…"

"I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Also, a comic vision is my natural world view, but I've grown up in …"

"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."

"About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all."

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

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

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