We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.
Mary McCarthyModern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.
Mary McCarthyThe strongest argument for the un-materialistic character of American life is that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of view, intolerable.
Mary McCarthy