Author: Mary McCarthy

Quotes

You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.

You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.

- Mary McCarthy

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

- Mary McCarthy

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

- Mary McCarthy

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

- Mary McCarthy

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.

- Mary McCarthy

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.

- Mary McCarthy

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

- Mary McCarthy

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

- Mary McCarthy

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

- Mary McCarthy

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