Muriel Spark Quotes

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• Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.
• 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…
• Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.
• It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
• One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.
• How wonderful it feels to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century,
• I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.
• Beware of men bearing flowers.
• If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .
• Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
• Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense…
• The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to…
• I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.
• From my experience of life I believe my personal motto should be: 'Beware of any man bringing flowers.
• 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…
• Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.
• It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
• One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your…
• I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.
• 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…

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