Frases de Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown nasceu no dia 28 de Novembro de 1944. A escritora americana é mais famosa pelo seu primeiro romance, Rubyfruit Jungle. Publicado em 1973, recheado de temas lésbicos em uma maneira bem não usual para o tempo. Brown é também uma escritora de mistérios bastante sucedida. Wikipedia  

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Rita Mae Brown: 58   citações 3   Curtidas

Rita Mae Brown Frases famosas

Rita Mae Brown frases e citações

“Uma vida de reação é uma vida de escravidão, intelectual e espiritualmente. Deve-se lutar por uma vida de ação, não reação.”

Variante: Uma vida de reação é uma vida de escravidão, intelectual e espiritual. É preciso lutar por uma vida de ação, não reação.

Rita Mae Brown: Frases em inglês

“Normal is the average of deviance.”

Rita Mae Brown livro Venus Envy

Venus Envy (1993)

“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.”

Many sources attribute this quote to Brown without giving a specific reference to her writings. The earliest located is the following variation from p. 47 of Musgrave Landing: Musings on the Writing Life by Susan Musgrave (1994), which Musgrave quotes as "Rita Mae Brown's warning": "If you become the kind of writer who calls forth heated emotional states, be careful. There are a lot of unbalanced people out there. The statistics on insanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's got to be you."
Disputed

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”

Brown may have used this quote in 2001 but it was it in a 365 day "Quote" calendar in 1994.
Fonte: Alma Mater

“I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.”

Starting from Scratch (1989)
Contexto: 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 spite of myself and I can pass the comic twist if it detracts from what the characters need. Yes, the life of a saint is hard.

“When God made man she was practicing.”

Fonte: Cat on the Scent

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

Sudden Death (1983)
Variante: "If the World Made Sense, Men Would Ride Sidesaddle" was the title of a 1993 one-man comedy by Ed Navis, performed at Wings Theatre, New York.
Variante: If the world were a logical place, then men would ride side-saddle.

Rita Mae Brown citar: “Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.”

“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.”

Variante: Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.