Security Is The Denial Of Life

All That Remains To The Mother In Modern Consumer Society Is The Role Of Scapegoat; Psychoanalysis Uses Huge Amounts Of Money And Time To Persuade Analysis And To Foist Their Problems On To The Absent Mother, Who Has No Opportunity To Utter A Word In Her Own Defence. Hostility To The Mother In Our Societies Is An Index Of Mental Health.

Women Who Were Housewives, Who Were Pretty Miserable ... Felt Inspired By Her Book And Their Life Changed. They Didn't Become Megastars, But They Became A Librarian Or Something. I've Heard Women Say Again And Again When The Subject Of Germaine Comes Up: 'well, Her Book Changed My Life For The Better.' And They'll Be Modest Women Living Pretty Ordinary Lives, But Better Lives.

Marriage Made More Sense When It Was Indissoluble. It's The Woman Trying To Cope With The Strains Of A One-parent Family Who Will Suffer Most From The Relaxation Of The Divorce Laws.

Revolution Is The Festival Of The Oppressed.

The Essence Of Pleasure Is Spontaneity.