Muriel Spark quotes - Page : 2

" "I am putting old heads on your young shoulders," Miss Brodie had told them at that time, "and all my pupils are the crème de la crème." " # Teachers and Teaching # Time and Time Management # Love

" It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. " # Smile # Persuasion # Impossibility

" Her sentences march under a harsh sun that bleaches color from them but bestows a peculiar, invigorating, Pascalian clarity. " # Writers and Writing # Color # Love

" She writes well and concisely, and this has tended to obscure the psychological superficiality and sheer petty malice of her content. " # Writers and Writing # Contentment # Obscurity