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> [For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/for-self-realization-a-rebel-demands-a-strong-authority-a-worthy/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

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## More by Mary McCarthy

> [From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/from-what-i-have-seen-i-am-driven-to-the-conclusion-that-religion-is/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [In morals as in politics anarchy is not for the weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/in-morals-as-in-politics-anarchy-is-not-for-the-weak/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [Yet friendship, I believe, is essential to intellectuals. It is probably the growth hormone the mind requires as it begins its activity of producing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/yet-friendship-i-believe-is-essential-to-intellectuals-it-is-probably/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [Any sizeable Portuguese town looks like a superstitious bride's finery - something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/any-sizeable-portuguese-town-looks-like-a-superstitious-bride-s/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [The desire to believe the best of people is a prerequisite for intercourse with strangers; suspicion is reserved for friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/the-desire-to-believe-the-best-of-people-is-a-prerequisite-for/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [ “She considered \[her\] life, which had not been a life but only a sort of greeting, a Hello There.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/she-considered-her-life-which-had-not-been-a-life-but-only-a-sort-of/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [America is indeed a revelation, though not quite the one that was planned. Given a clean slate, man, it was hoped, would write the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/america-is-indeed-a-revelation-though-not-quite-the-one-that-was/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [The happy ending is our national belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/the-happy-ending-is-our-national-belief/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [Making love, we are all more alike than we are when we are talking or acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/making-love-we-are-all-more-alike-than-we-are-when-we-are-talking-or/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/in-america-children-are-instructed-in-the-virtues-of-the-system-they/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [The only form of action open to a child is to break something or strike someone, its mother or another child; it cannot cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/the-only-form-of-action-open-to-a-child-is-to-break-something-or/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant trait in my grandmother's nature. An aggressive churchgoer, she was quite without Christian feeling; the mercy of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/combativeness-was-i-suppose-the-dominant-trait-in-my-grandmother-s/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/i-m-afraid-i-m-not-sufficiently-inhibited-about-the-things-that-other/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [Be truthful... and pay attention. I would also recommend the avoidance of credit cards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/be-truthful-and-pay-attention-i-would-also-recommend-the-avoidance-of/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

> [All ideas advanced to deal with the Florentine noise problem, the Florentine traffic problem, are Utopian, and nobody believes in them, just as nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/all-ideas-advanced-to-deal-with-the-florentine-noise-problem-the/)

[Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/)

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