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
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.
smile men doe
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
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.
jealousy giving affliction
Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.
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.
rudeness euphemism frankness
Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
romantic-love doe impossible
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
tyrants revolution chance
A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn't got a chance.
bible people criticism
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.
friendship two trusted-friends
I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.