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.

Quote by Germaine Greer

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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice...

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice...

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy...

Love, love, love -- all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy...

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to...

Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to...

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men,...

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men,...

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted...

Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted...

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit...

Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit...

Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum...

Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum...

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank...

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank...

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are,...

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are,...

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the...

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the...

Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far...

Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far...