Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark, DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL was a Scottish novelist. In 2008, the Times newspaper named Spark as No. 8 in its list of 'the 50 greatest British writers since 1945'...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 February 1918
attempting eyes grasp logic neither nor order sat since thoughts
Godfrey's wife, Charmian, sat with her eyes closed, attempting to put her thoughts into alphabetical order, which Godfrey had told her was better than no order at all since she now had grasp of neither logic nor chronology
heads la pupils putting
I am putting old heads on your young shoulders...all my pupils are the creme de la creme.
voice sound quiet
I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.
persons happenings happens
She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.
rain dirty heart
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.
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[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.
looks one-thing
You look for one thing and you find another.
weapons honorable ridicule
Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.
smile men doe
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
christian catholic may
If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.
cat writing pieces
If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .
artist wonder lost
everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.
happiness sacrifice pleasure
The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.
interviews interviewers depends
Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.