Mary McCarthyauthor profile |
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| born | June 21, 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| died | October 25, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gender | female | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Seattle, Washington, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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books by Mary McCarthycombine editionsavg rating: 3.58 | 590 ratings | 47 distinct works
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quotes by Mary McCarthy
"Life is a system of recurrent pairs, the poison and the antidote being eternally packaged together by some considerate heavenly druggist."
— Mary McCarthy
— Mary McCarthy
"You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk."
— Mary McCarthy (How I Grew)
— Mary McCarthy (How I Grew)












