Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Mary McCarthy
Born: June 21, 1912
Died: October 25, 1989 (aged 77)
Bio: Mary Therese McCarthy was an American author, critic and political activist.
Known for:
- The Group (1963)
- Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957)
- The company she keeps (1942)
- The stones of Florence (1959)
- The Groves of Academe (1952)
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