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Mary McCarthy on Women

1947–1989 United States

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Thin women are more sensual; scientific fact — the nerve ends are closer to the surface.

The Group (1963)

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.

You know what my favourite quotation is? […] It’s from Chaucer […] Criseyde says it, "I am myne owene woman, wel at ese."

The Company She Keeps (1942)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mary McCarthy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.