Muriel Spark - Quodid

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Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

Quotes from Muriel Spark

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

—Muriel Spark

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Mabel Pettigrew thought: I can read him like a book. She had not read a book for over forty years, could never concentrate on reading, but this nevertheless was her thought.

—Muriel Spark

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

—Muriel Spark

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

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

—Muriel Spark

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.

—Muriel Spark