Rita Mae Brown

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

Normal is the average of deviance.

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'