Quote by Germaine Greer
Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even tho

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. – Germaine Greer

Other quotes by Germaine Greer

Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release. – Germaine Greer

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Security
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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

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Marriage
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English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men. – Germaine Greer

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Men
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The earth is mankinds ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, its as though one of Gods checks has bounced. – Gilbert Adair

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What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs? – George Eliot

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Tragedy

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? – E. M. Cioran

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Tragedy

Mans extremity is Gods opportunity. – John Flavel

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Tragedy

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Media, the plural of mediocrity. – Jimmy Breslin

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I dont know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. – Richard M. Nixon

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