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

— Muriel Spark

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

— Muriel Spark

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

— Muriel Spark

It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

— Muriel Spark

It never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls.

— Muriel Spark

It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due

— Muriel Spark

It was a gusty day, and from the windows of Caroline's top-floor flat, only the sky was visible with its little hurrying clouds. It was a day when being indoors was meaningful, wasting an afternoon in superior confidences with a friend before the two-barred electric heater.

— Muriel Spark

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

— Muriel Spark

People who want to write books do so because they feel it to be the easiest thing they can do. They can read and write, they can afford any of the instruments of book writing such as pens, paper, computers, tape recorders, and generally by the time they have reached this decision, they have had a simple education.

— Muriel Spark

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

— Muriel Spark