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Germaine Greer Quotes

Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark Picture Quote #1

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws Picture Quote #1

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well Picture Quote #1

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it Picture Quote #1

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain washing Picture Quote #1

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism Picture Quote #1

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Most people die in improvised circumstances of harassment and confusion, whether in hospital or out of it Picture Quote #1

A woman's pleasure is not dependent upon the presence of a penis in the vagina; neither is a man's Picture Quote #1

Men have still not realized that letting women do so much of the work for so little reward makes a man in the house an expensive luxury rather than a necessity Picture Quote #1

The few men who do a hand's turn around the house expect gratitude and recognition, so sure are they that, though it is their dirt, it is not their job Picture Quote #1

If the next time our governments propose to make war on a helpless civilian population we were to uncover our grief and guilt instead of our anger, how much difference might we make? Picture Quote #1

Regardless of the dutiful pushing of condoms in the girls' press, the exposure of baby vaginas and cervixes to the penis is more likely to result in pregnancy and infection than orgasm Picture Quote #1

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Football is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize Picture Quote #1

Most women still need a room of their own and the only way to find it may be outside their own home Picture Quote #1

If women understand by emancipation the adoption of the masculine role then we are lost indeed Picture Quote #1

English children have lost their innocence, for their first lessons have been in the exploitation of their adult slave Picture Quote #1

Military mythology has to pretend that real men are in the majority; cowards can never be allowed to feel that they might be the normal ones and the heroes are insane Picture Quote #1

The struggle which is not joyous is the wrong struggle. The joy of the struggle is not hedonism and hilarity, but the sense of purpose, achievement and dignity Picture Quote #1

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Bringing up children is not a real occupation, because children come up just the same, brought or not Picture Quote #1

If the present economic structure can change only by collapsing, then it had better collapse as soon as possible Picture Quote #1

Continuing sexual interest and perfect sexual adjustment between partners who have been together for thirty years is so difficult and rare that no one should feel guilty or inadequate for not having managed it Picture Quote #1

Poetry exists partly to undermine the certainties of an accepted intellectual system, by opening a fissure of awareness at which the reality of the unconquered world may enter Picture Quote #1

Common morality now treats childbearing as an aberration. There are practically no good reasons left for exercising one’s fertility Picture Quote #1

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through Picture Quote #1

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Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it’s one of the most charming things about them Picture Quote #1

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I’ve always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I’d fall in love with a woman. Damn Picture Quote #1

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate Picture Quote #1

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won’t be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it Picture Quote #1

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe Picture Quote #1

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism Picture Quote #1

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Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark (Germaine Greer Quotes) Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws (Germaine Greer Quotes) Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well (Germaine Greer Quotes) Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it (Germaine Greer Quotes) Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain washing (Germaine Greer Quotes) If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism (Germaine Greer Quotes) Most people die in improvised circumstances of harassment and confusion, whether in hospital or out of it (Germaine Greer Quotes) A woman's pleasure is not dependent upon the presence of a penis in the vagina; neither is a man's (Germaine Greer Quotes) Men have still not realized that letting women do so much of the work for so little reward makes a man in the house an expensive luxury rather than a necessity (Germaine Greer Quotes) The few men who do a hand's turn around the house expect gratitude and recognition, so sure are they that, though it is their dirt, it is not their job (Germaine Greer Quotes) If the next time our governments propose to make war on a helpless civilian population we were to uncover our grief and guilt instead of our anger, how much difference might we make? (Germaine Greer Quotes) Regardless of the dutiful pushing of condoms in the girls' press, the exposure of baby vaginas and cervixes to the penis is more likely to result in pregnancy and infection than orgasm (Germaine Greer Quotes) Football is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize (Germaine Greer Quotes) Most women still need a room of their own and the only way to find it may be outside their own home (Germaine Greer Quotes) If women understand by emancipation the adoption of the masculine role then we are lost indeed (Germaine Greer Quotes) English children have lost their innocence, for their first lessons have been in the exploitation of their adult slave (Germaine Greer Quotes) Military mythology has to pretend that real men are in the majority; cowards can never be allowed to feel that they might be the normal ones and the heroes are insane (Germaine Greer Quotes) The struggle which is not joyous is the wrong struggle. The joy of the struggle is not hedonism and hilarity, but the sense of purpose, achievement and dignity (Germaine Greer Quotes) Bringing up children is not a real occupation, because children come up just the same, brought or not (Germaine Greer Quotes) If the present economic structure can change only by collapsing, then it had better collapse as soon as possible (Germaine Greer Quotes) Continuing sexual interest and perfect sexual adjustment between partners who have been together for thirty years is so difficult and rare that no one should feel guilty or inadequate for not having managed it (Germaine Greer Quotes) Poetry exists partly to undermine the certainties of an accepted intellectual system, by opening a fissure of awareness at which the reality of the unconquered world may enter (Germaine Greer Quotes) Common morality now treats childbearing as an aberration. There are practically no good reasons left for exercising one’s fertility (Germaine Greer Quotes) Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through (Germaine Greer Quotes) Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it’s one of the most charming things about them (Germaine Greer Quotes) I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I’ve always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I’d fall in love with a woman. Damn (Germaine Greer Quotes) Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate (Germaine Greer Quotes) Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won’t be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it (Germaine Greer Quotes) Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe (Germaine Greer Quotes) Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism (Germaine Greer Quotes)

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