Rita Mae Brown Aunt Quotations

Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls at 6:30 each morning.

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.

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