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Many a housewife staring at the back of her husband's newspaper, or listening to his breathing in bed is lonelier than any spinster in a rented room.

Germaine Greer

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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
Actor
Broadcaster
Critic
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
Professor
Screenwriter
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Rose Blight
Dr. G
Newspapers
Spinster
Bed
Lonelier
Husband
Spinsters
Listening
Rented
Room
Housewife
Rooms
Newspaper
Back
Staring
Many
Breathing

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