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Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe."

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted."

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




Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon."

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the.""

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."




Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer."

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad."

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.




Mary McCarthy Quotes: "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 Quotes: "We are the hero of our own story."

We are the hero of our own story.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "The relation between life and literature - a final antimony - is one of mutual plagiarism."

The relation between life and literature - a final antimony - is one of mutual plagiarism.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "In violence, we forget who we are"

In violence, we forget who we are



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant."

most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know; it made them feel ignorant.




Mary McCarthy Quotes: "You know what my favourite quotation is?.. It's from Chaucer... Criseyde says it, "I am myne owene woman, wel at ese.""

You know what my favourite quotation is?.. It's from Chaucer... Criseyde says it, "I am myne owene woman, wel at ese."



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people."

From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Illiteracy at the poverty level (mainly a matter of bad grammar) does not alarm me nearly as much as the illiteracy of the well-to-do."

Illiteracy at the poverty level (mainly a matter of bad grammar) does not alarm me nearly as much as the illiteracy of the well-to-do.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will happen to the hero."

The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will happen to the hero.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question."

An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished question.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Calling someone a monster does not make him more guilty; it makes him less so by classing him with beasts and devils."

Calling someone a monster does not make him more guilty; it makes him less so by classing him with beasts and devils.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Feminism is ridiculous. Feminists are silly idealists who want to be on top. There is no real equality in sexual relationships - someone always wins."

Feminism is ridiculous. Feminists are silly idealists who want to be on top. There is no real equality in sexual relationships - someone always wins.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "America is indeed a revelation, though not quite the one that was planned. Given a clean slate, man, it was hoped, would write the future. Instead, he has written his past."

America is indeed a revelation, though not quite the one that was planned. Given a clean slate, man, it was hoped, would write the future. Instead, he has written his past.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake."

What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner."

The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished."

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard."

Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon."

Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who is really a prince who has just slain a dragon.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "For me, in fact, the mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado."

For me, in fact, the mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing."

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "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 Quotes: "The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect."

The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve."

A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man."

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans."

When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity."

Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "My occupational hazard is that I can't help plagiarizing from real life."

My occupational hazard is that I can't help plagiarizing from real life.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure of the state."

Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure of the state.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "it's easier to forgive your enemies than to forgive your friends."

it's easier to forgive your enemies than to forgive your friends.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants."

It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Laughter is the great antidote for self-pity, maybe a specific for the malady, yet probably it does tend to dry one's feelings out a little, as if by exposing them to a vigorous wind."

Laughter is the great antidote for self-pity, maybe a specific for the malady, yet probably it does tend to dry one's feelings out a little, as if by exposing them to a vigorous wind.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it."

If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "The happy ending is our national belief."

The happy ending is our national belief.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Be truthful... and pay attention. I would also recommend the avoidance of credit cards."

Be truthful... and pay attention. I would also recommend the avoidance of credit cards.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "Whenever in history, equality appeared on the agenda, it was exported somewhere else, like an undesirable."

Whenever in history, equality appeared on the agenda, it was exported somewhere else, like an undesirable.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics."

... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable."

The strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that - how to express this - you really must make the self."

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that - how to express this - you really must make the self.



Mary McCarthy Quotes: "For both writer and reader, the novel is a lonely, physically inactive affair. Only the imagination races."

For both writer and reader, the novel is a lonely, physically inactive affair. Only the imagination races.