Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. – Germaine Greer
Love, love, love — all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures. – Germaine Greer
Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. Its the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws. – Germaine Greer
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well. – Germaine Greer
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain — then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system? – Robert A. Heinlein