Rita Mae Brown Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• 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

  Mother, Aunt, Past

  Rita Mae Brown (2014). “Rubyfruit Jungle”, p.3, Bantam

• Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Mother, Aunt, Feelings

  Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.70, Bantam

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

  Rita Mae Brown

  Mother, Profound, Abandoned

  Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.384, Bantam

• 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.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Love, Mother, Powerful

  Rita Mae Brown (2007). “Full Cry: A Novel”, p.329, Ballantine Books

• Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Mother, Advice, Age

  Rita Mae Brown (2014). “In Her Day”, p.120, Bantam

• 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.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Mother, Sorrow, Bills

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