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Muriel Spark Quotes

So great was the noise during the day that I used to lie awake at night listening to silence Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All my pupils are the creme de la creme. Give me a girl of an impressionable age, and she is mine for life Picture Quote #1

No medicine man these days can afford to be without a portable tape recorder. Without the aid of this modern device, which may be easily concealed in the undergrowth of the jungle, the old tribal authority will rapidly become undermined by the mounting influenece of modern skepticism Picture Quote #1

I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control Picture Quote #1

The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion Picture Quote #1

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Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing Picture Quote #1

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work Picture Quote #1

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that’s their order of importance Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If you choose the sort of life which has no conventional pattern you have to try to make an art of it, or it is a mess Picture Quote #1

It isn’t necessarily the great and famous beauty spots we fall in love with. As with people, so with places. Love is unforeseen, and we can all find ourselves affectionately attached to the minor and the less obvious Picture Quote #1

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A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn’t got a chance Picture Quote #1

It never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls Picture Quote #1

There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce Picture Quote #1

Jealousy... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure Picture Quote #1

These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one’s prime, always remember that Picture Quote #1

I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don’t Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur Picture Quote #1

Everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease Picture Quote #1

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul Picture Quote #1

It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden Picture Quote #1

Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great Picture Quote #1

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It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young Picture Quote #1

Being in love is something like poetry. Certainly, you can analyze and expound its various senses and intentions, but there is always something left over, mysteriously hovering between music and meaning Picture Quote #1

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So great was the noise during the day that I used to lie awake at night listening to silence (Muriel Spark Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) No medicine man these days can afford to be without a portable tape recorder. Without the aid of this modern device, which may be easily concealed in the undergrowth of the jungle, the old tribal authority will rapidly become undermined by the mounting influenece of modern skepticism (Muriel Spark Quotes) I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control (Muriel Spark Quotes) The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion (Muriel Spark Quotes) Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing (Muriel Spark Quotes) I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work (Muriel Spark Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) If you choose the sort of life which has no conventional pattern you have to try to make an art of it, or it is a mess (Muriel Spark Quotes) It isn’t necessarily the great and famous beauty spots we fall in love with. As with people, so with places. Love is unforeseen, and we can all find ourselves affectionately attached to the minor and the less obvious (Muriel Spark Quotes) A rebellion against a tyrant is only immoral when it hasn’t got a chance (Muriel Spark Quotes) It never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls (Muriel Spark Quotes) There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce (Muriel Spark Quotes) Jealousy... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure (Muriel Spark Quotes) These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one’s prime, always remember that (Muriel Spark Quotes) I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don’t (Muriel Spark Quotes) 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 (Muriel Spark Quotes) Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur (Muriel Spark Quotes) Everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease (Muriel Spark Quotes) To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul (Muriel Spark Quotes) It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden (Muriel Spark Quotes) Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great (Muriel Spark Quotes) It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young (Muriel Spark Quotes) Being in love is something like poetry. Certainly, you can analyze and expound its various senses and intentions, but there is always something left over, mysteriously hovering between music and meaning (Muriel Spark Quotes)

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