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Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures.

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
Fantasy
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Love
Egotism
Cant
Wretched
Sentimental
Mythology
Masking
Lust
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Sexy
Masochism

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