Edinburgh Quote by Muriel Spark Download Open image ““[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]”” — Muriel Spark ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Edinburgh
“If I had to pick two words to describe Edinburgh, I would tell you that it's majestic and beautiful. Really, really old, but somehow… — L.H. Cosway Copy Share Image
“Edinburgh is a great big black bastard of a city where there are ghosts of all kinds.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“It still shocked her. In the quiet moments when she took in her surroundings. She was in friggin’ seventeenth century Scotland. Here on a… — Angela Quarles Copy Share Image
“And Edinburgh. He was proud of Edinburgh too, and of Scotland; and why not? Why should one not be proud of one's country -… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“She was tipping her head back to inquire, when two men entered the great hall and the question flew right out of her head.… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“was an advanced eccentric, and had the disconcerting habit of seizing people in the High Street of Edinburgh, and chanting and crooning these incomprehensible… — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
“As I've said before," she scoffed, "you're different." "How am I different?" his exasperation was clear. "Well, it seems you are my partner in… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
My introduction to the Queen was disconcerting, to say the least. 'This is Gyles Brandreth,' said the Duke of Edinburgh cheerily. 'Apparently, he's writing… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
“She honestly could not tell if she loved London or loathed it. For she could not decide for herself what London was at all.” — Miranda Emmerson Copy Share Image
Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
“They are demanding equal rights with us,’ says Mrs. Fiedke. ‘That’s why I never vote with the Liberals. Perfume, jewellery, hair down to their… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
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… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
“The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)” — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls. — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family. — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old Jock. In… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
If you're not keen on crowds, it might be best to give Edinburgh a miss during festival time when it can get extremely busy. — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
“The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I have to say I like Edinburgh, but I'm not a big fan of the Festival - I like it but I'm not a… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
I was an adult and I was in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I was performing in this cave - they used to bury the… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
I have an older brother and an older sister - and they had the time of their lives at university. They were at Newcastle… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always. — Alan Bold Copy Share Image
I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts. — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
I used to say Edinburgh was a beautiful actress with no talent. I thought it was just like a shortbread tin. I think that's… — Michelle Gomez Copy Share Image
“It's easy to identify tourists on Edinburgh's Royal mile. They're the ones bound in knitted scarves, wearing puffa jackets and woolly hats no matter… — Gabriella Bennett Copy Share Image
