Muriel Spark

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

— Muriel Spark

#soul #education

The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#education

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

— Muriel Spark

#men #humor

For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#truth #humor

I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#dreams

I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#birth control #control #had #her #i

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#first #i #maybe #pole #pope

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#christian #going #may #should #thing

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

— Muriel Spark

#disagree #does #impossible #man #persuade

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

— Muriel Spark

#exist #impossible #love #repent #sin