Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Mary Therese McCarthywas an American novelist, critic and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 June 1912
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
happiness noticing
There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.
violence who-we-are forget
In violence, we forget who we are
eye curiosity age
Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.
real cake plums
What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake.
people good-people driven
From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people...
prayer lying character
If you talked or laughed in church, told lies, had impure thoughts or conversations, you were bad; if you obeyed your parents or guardians, went to confession and communion regularly, said prayers for the dead, you were good.
literature finals plagiarism
The relation between life and literature - a final antimony - is one of mutual plagiarism.
justice tennis habit
A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.
decision bad-decision realistic
If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
good-night selfish sleep
The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout the play is that most selfish of all concerns: to get a good night's sleep.
character eye air
The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has all too much a professional air.
inspirational-life self-esteem hero
We are the hero of our own story.
liberty libertarian modern
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
lying writing personality
Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."