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

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.

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,...

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...

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it...

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it...

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

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...

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...

Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the...

Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the...

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...

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

Sex is more fun than cars but cars refuel quicker than men.

Sex is more fun than cars but cars refuel quicker than men.

There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to...

There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to...

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 real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about...

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about...

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...

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack...

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack...

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...

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...