Mary McCarthy was a rara avis, a rare bird: a truly sexy intellectual who was nonetheless more interested in truth than in being intellectually sexy or fashionable. ... The real beauty of her life and work is that she was an explorer who never compromised her freedom or integrity. Her writing was symptomatic of this. It never quite became an end in itself, but remained, throughout her life, a means to articulating herself as 'her own woman'. In that she succeeded marvellously and it is the way in which she did it for which she deserves lasting respect and emulation.

I absolutely adored Mary. I was transfixed by her. She was so beautiful, so witty, so much fun to talk to.

She was a great heroine to many young women of my age. She was a heroine for her independence and her courage in speaking out in defence of lost causes and for…

The cultural heroine of my generation... before feminist writing got bogged down in victimisation.

Vous y trouverez le langage doux et aggreable, d'une naifve simplicite, la narration pure, et en laquelle la bonne foy de l'autheur reluit evidemment, exempte …

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunit…

On the political front, we have always pursued the path of truth and justice in our struggle for the legitimate rights of the Tibetan people. We have never ind…