Awareness of time as flying has some advantages; it precludes boredom, for one thing. It matters little that younger people find older people boring or slow. Older people have a right to resist being rushed, to stand and stare at the fragile world that has become so unspeakably dear to them. For the lucky ones, who will not have to leave while they are still in love with life, there will come a later time when that passion too will fade, but while one is still possessed by that great tenderness, it must be yielded to.
Germaine GreerThere have been women in the past far more daring than we would need to be now, who ventured all and gained a little, but survived after all.
Germaine GreerWhen I was a young hippy, I thought marching naked would be a strong protest, but I don't think it would be as effective now.
Germaine GreerUnless the concepts of work and play and reward for work change absolutely, women must continue to provide cheap labor, and even more, free labor exacted of right by an employer possessed of a contract for life, made out in his favor.
Germaine Greer