You musnt force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex. – Mary McCarthy
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy
In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality. – Mary McCarthy
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. – Mary McCarthy
My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers – this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawfords wire hangers look like pool noodles. – Sloane Crosley