Mary McCarthy quotes
Mary McCarthy was an influential American novelist, critic, and political activist. Her witty and incisive writing brought sharp insights into politics, culture, and society. She became famous for works like "The Group" and was known for her outspoken views and literary criticism. Here are 109 of her quotes:
To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, politically speaking, a losing cause with the birth of the modern world, is to experience a kind of straining against reality, a rebellious nonconformity that, again, is rare in America, where 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
Mary McCarthy
Occupation: American Author
Born: June 21, 1912
Died: October 25, 1989
Quotes count: 109
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