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

Topics: Catastrophe Quotes, Catastrophes Quotes

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,...

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...

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in...

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

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...

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto...

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto...

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...

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane...

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane...

The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the...

The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the...

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...

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it...

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it...

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth

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...

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...

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

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,...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for...

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for...

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods

Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods