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Muriel Spark was a Scottish author known for her wit and sharp social commentary. Born on February 1, 1918, in Edinburgh, Scotland, she passed away on April 13, 2006. Spark's writing often delved into themes of identity, morality, and the human condition, with her novel 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' being one of her most celebrated works.

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“Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.”

Life Death Living Meaning Mortality

Book:Memento Mori

Source: Memento Mori

“Being dead's a drug', he says, 'you'll get hooked on it.”

Book:The Hothouse by the East River

Source: The Hothouse by the East River

“This deadly body of mine can dance, too.”

Book:The Hothouse by the East River

Source: The Hothouse by the East River

“If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practise, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is no other practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.”

Ifs Should Wells Might Form Life Is Death Spirituality Practice Ought Habit Approach Surprise Eggs Remembrance Life Death Composing Expectancy Insipid Thoughts Of Death

Author:Muriel Spark

“Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.”

Should Life Is Death Ought Approach Surprise Life Death Expectancy Insipid Memento Mori

Book:Memento Mori

Source: Memento Mori

About the Author

Born: February 1, 1918
Died: April 13, 2006
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 102

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The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieRelated source material

Loitering with IntentRelated source material

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A Far Cry from KensingtonRelated source material

Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of AutobiographyRelated source material

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The Informed Air: EssaysRelated source material

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