Creative Quotations from . . .
Muriel Spark
(1918-2006) born on
Feb 1
Scottish "novelist, satirist". "Her best-known novel, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," 1961 was adapted to film and stage."
 
   
F
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."

R
One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.
A
"Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance."
N
Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.
K
"It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Miss Brodie, in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," ch. 2, 1961."
R: "In "An Uncommon Scold," by Abby Adams, 1989."
A: "Miss Brodie, in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," ch. 2, 1961."
N: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K: ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," 1961."



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