"You musn’t force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex."
― Mary McCarthy
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Work
More From Mary McCarthy
- "In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality."
- "Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior."
- "In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons."
More In Work
- "Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."― John Steinbeck
- "Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy."― Robert Half
- "I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure."― Tim Cahill