How I Grew Quotes

“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

“When you have committed an action that you cannot bear to think about, that causes you to writhe in retrospect, do not seek to evade the memory: make yourself relive it, confront it repeatedly over and over, till finally, you will discover, through sheer repetition it loses its power to pain you. It works, I guarantee you, this sure-fire guilt-eradicator, like a homeopathic medicine — like in small doses applied to like. It works, but I am not sure that it is a good thing.”
― Mary McCarthy, How I Grew