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.

Quote by Germaine Greer

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You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

The only perfect love to be found on earth is not sexual love, which is...

The only perfect love to be found on earth is not sexual love, which is...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the...

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the...

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

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,...

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever....

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever....

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.