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.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war.ll our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

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 life it may occur.

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 life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

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.

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

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

I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.