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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
— Mary McCarthy
Tags: writers-and-writing

Other Quotes by "Mary McCarthy"

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.
— Mary McCarthy
Tags: every, which, eye, age
I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.
— Mary McCarthy
Tags: feel, you, me, women
Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.
— Mary McCarthy
Tags: being, behavior, you, man
Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a 'work' of man.
— Mary McCarthy
Tags: more, identity, man, work
Life for the European is a career; for the American it is a hazard.
— Mary McCarthy
Tags: european, american, career, life
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