“ The Venetians catalogue everything, including themselves. ‘These grapes are brown,’ I complain to the young vegetable-dealer in Santa Maria Formosa. ‘What is wrong with that ? I am brown,’ he replies.… Mary McCarthy
“ I came back [to school] in the fall, as a full-time boarder, with a certain set to my jaw, determined to go it alone. A summer passed in thoughtful isolation, rowing on a mountain lake, diving from a… Mary McCarthy
“ In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. 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 behaviour. 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. Mary McCarthy
“ You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk. Mary McCarthy
“ But this poor chap is a dangerous neurotic. Polly laughed. So you saw that, Father. I never could. He always seemed so normal. It’s the same thing, said her father, putting the groceries away. All neu… Mary McCarthy
“ Love had done this to her, for the second time. Love was bad for her. There must be certain people who were allergic to love, and she was one of them. Not only was it bad for her; it made her bad; it… Mary McCarthy
“ It came to her that he was going to leave without making love to her. This would mean they had made love for the last time this morning. But that did not count: this morning they did not know it was f… Mary McCarthy
