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The true novelist is one who ...

The true novelist is one who understands the work as a continuous poem, is a myth-maker, and the wonder of the art resides in the endless different ways of telling a story.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

To me education is a leading ...

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

From my experience of life I ...

From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

everything happens to an arti...

everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

I was just as anxious to prev...

I was just as anxious to prevent injustice as to cause justice.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

Death, when it approaches, ou...

Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

People who quoted the Scriptu...

People who quoted the Scriptures in criticism of others were terrible bores and usually they misapplied the text. One could prove anything against anyone from the Bible.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

So great was the noise during...

So great was the noise during the day that I used to lie awake at night listening to silence.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

It is one of the secrets of N...

It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

Allow me, in conclusion, to c...

Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

We often laughed at others in...

We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

It is well, when in difficult...

It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

Neurotics are awfully quick t...

Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

Goodness, Truth and Beauty co...

Goodness, Truth and Beauty come first

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

I wouldn't take the Pope too ...

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

All my pupils are the creme d...

All my pupils are the creme de la creme. Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

To me education is a leading ...

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

When a noble life has prepare...

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

Art and religion first; then ...

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

Parents learn a lot from thei...

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

Muriel Spark 80 quotes

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