Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating. — Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating. — Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating. — Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating. — Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating. — Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
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Liberty is terrifying but it is also exhilarating.

— Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
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