This deadly body of mine can dance, too.
Godfrey's wife Charmian sat with her eyes closed, attempting to put her thoughts into alphabetical order which Godfrey had told her was better than no order at all, since she now had grasp of neither...
Being dead's a drug', he says, 'you'll get hooked on it.
After nearly collapsing under the pressures of poverty, loneliness, and an addiction to Dexedrine, Spark sought help for her drug use and began to work seriously on a first novel, The Comforters (1957...
Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.
Back in 1944 when people were normal and there was a world war on,' says Paul to his son, 'it was a serious thing to be a spy.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
Flattening their scorn underneath the chariot wheels of her superiority.
A work of art is like living people.
I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.
[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified a...
These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.
Sandwiches,' she said, 'like diamonds, are forever.
Her name and memory, after her death, flitted from mouth to mouth like swallows in summer, and in the winter they were gone.
To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.
I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book.
[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]
For those who like that sort of thing, said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, That is the sort of thing they like.
You will have the benefit of my experiences in Italy.
If you don’t remember Death, Death reminds you to do so. And if you can’t cope with the facts the next best thing is to go away for a holiday.