# Quote — Mary McCarthy, The Group

> She did not recommend sacrifice, having meekly given up her job and her social ideals for Sloan's sake. It was now too late, because of Stephen, but she was convinced she had made a mistake. Sloan would be far happier if she were where she longed to be — in Washington as a humble cog in the New Deal, which he hated — and he could boast of 'my Bolshevik wife.' He had been proud of her when she was with the N.R.A., because she had had gumption, and now even that was gone.

- Author: [Mary McCarthy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-mccarthy.md)
- Book: [The Group](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-mccarthy/the-group.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mary-mccarthy/the-group/she-did-not

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