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
Muriel Spark quotes about
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
persons happenings happens
She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.
being-in-love imagination long
[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.
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.
interviews interviewers depends
Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.
singing conclusion wells
Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.
voice missing edinburgh
For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like.
virtue application
Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.
christian firsts pope
I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.
jealousy giving affliction
Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.
mind facts fiction
Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact.
funny humor laughing
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.