Michaela Okland

“I'm queer. But why would people get so upset about something that feels so good? Me being a queer can't hurt anyone, why should it be such a terrible thing? Makes no sense.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle

“Course I didn't want to be a doctor. I was going to be president only I kept it secret.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle

“I began to wonder if girls could marry girls, because I was sure I wanted to marry Leota and look in her green eyes forever. But I would only marry her if I didn't have to do the housework. I was certain of that. But if Leota really didn't want to do it either, I guessed I'd do it. I'd do anything for Leota.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle

“History is something that very few people have been doing while everyone else was ploughing fields and carrying water buckets.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind