The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.

Quote by Germaine Greer

Topics: Germaine Greer Quotes

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...

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

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...

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...

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 real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

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

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...

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...

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...

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

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

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