Mary McCarthy

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, read more

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. . . you really must make the self.

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.

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

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

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or read more

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.

In violence, we forget who we are

In violence, we forget who we are