A novel's true suspense is felt not by the reader but by the author, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero.
Europe is the negative that American developed into the finished photograph.
Europeans used to say Americans were puritanical. Then they discovered that we were not puritans. So now they say that we are obsessed with sex.
You mustn’t force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.
Hell man, every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’."
The happy ending is our national belief..
Scratch a socialist and you find a snob.
A doubt would suddenly dart out of her, like a mouse from its hole.
One of the big features of living alone was that you could talk to yourself all you wanted and address imaginary audiences, running the gamut of emotion.
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.
Ed. note: Who wrote or said these things? The picture on the left contains no clues or hints.
Mary McCarthy. I didn't know any of the quotations, except the famous characterization of "that lyin' Lillian Hellman," which gave the game away!
Posted by: mark minton | January 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM