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The only merciful thing about...

The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

Mother love is the most power...

Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.

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No one remembers her beginnin...

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.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

We have the ability to be the...

We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.

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I don't want to die. I think ...

I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.

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I believe our concept of roma...

I believe our concept of romantic love is irrational, impossible to fulfill and the cause of many broken homes. No human being can maintain that rarefied atmosphere of 'true love'.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

Familiarity breeds consent. ...

Familiarity breeds consent.

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I have changed my definition ...

I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

Divorce: fission after fusion...

Divorce: fission after fusion.

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Knowing Latin and having two ...

Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

When Mother died I was both f...

When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

Lesbianism, politically organ...

Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.

Rita Mae Brown 257 quotes

Unfortunately, Susan didn't r...

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

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While the angels, all pallid ...

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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There's a thin line between c...

There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.

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A controller doesn't trust hi...

A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.

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Tragedy massages the human eg...

Tragedy massages the human ego even as comedy deflates it. ... Tragedy pits us against large foes and the trip wire is our own character. ... In comedy we fall afoul of one another. Comedy depends on social life, on our behavior in groups. In tragedy you can observe one human against the gods. In comedy it's one human versus other humans and often one man (or woman if I'm writing it) against her own worst impulses.

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piety is like garlic: a littl...

piety is like garlic: a little goes a long way.

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It really doesn't take brains...

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena.

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Today we live in a society su...

Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.

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