Quotes by : Muriel Spark

4:15. Not 4 not 4:30 but 4:15. She thought to intimidate me with the use of quarter hours.

To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

Phrases like 'the team spirit' are always employed to cut across individualism, love and personal loyalties.....

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

The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To....

Saving and pinching to get married, you're losing the best time of your life.

[Being in love] is something like poetry. Certainly you can analyze it and expound its various senses....

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

It was a gusty day, and from the windows of Caroline's top-floor flat, only the sky was visible with....

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.