Mama Ruby Quotes

“A real wise old sister, who also happens to be my mama, told me when I was a little girl that it don’t matter if the man is the head of a household. He can be as big a ‘head of household’ as he wants to be, and that’s usually the case most of the time anyway. If the woman is smart and strong, she’s the neck, and without a neck, the head can’t even move,” Ruby told Othella. “I’m smart and I’m strong.”
― Mary Monroe, Mama Ruby

“Ruby had come to the conclusion that sex was the greatest thing that she’d discovered since peanut brittle and beer.”
― Mary Monroe, Mama Ruby

“Let me tell you somethin’, girl. When you get involved with men, you will have to do all kinds of shit to keep them in line. Just like a dog. Men have to be fed, petted, and trained right.”
― Mary Monroe, Mama Ruby