Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.
Germaine Greer, as quoted in Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach (eds), Fifty Shades of Feminism
{mostly on fiction, poetry, spirituality, biblical studies and theology}
Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.
Germaine Greer, as quoted in Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach (eds), Fifty Shades of Feminism
War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests …
Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
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Again from Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch:
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
… lovers who are free to change remain interesting.
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Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.
Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch