There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.
Mary McCarthyIs it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.
Mary McCarthyWe all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.
Mary McCarthyOur language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity.
Mary McCarthy