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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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“New York, home of the vivisectors of the mind, and of the mentally vivisected still to be reassembled, of those who live intact, habitually wondering about their states of sanity, and home of those whose minds have been dead, bearing the scars of resurrection.”

Mind Has Beens Stills States Home Wonder New York Sanity Scar Resurrection

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“Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact.”

Mind Kind Facts Fiction Parables Make Up Your Mind

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“we have invented sex guilt to take our minds off the real thing.”

Mind Real Sex Guilt Real Things

Book:The Mandelbaum Gate

Source: The Mandelbaum Gate

“The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)”

Mind Whole Girl Morning Youth Shops Sparkle Freshness Dairy Conjuring Buttercup

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“No mind should submit their mind to another mind He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still -- that's my motto. I won't be brainwashed.”

Should Mind Stills Opinion Submit Motto Brainwashed My Motto

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“[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 almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.”

Mind Long Imagination Secret Novel Shadow Busy Following Companion My Imagination Being In Love Sweetest Of My Mind Unfinished Accomplices

Book:Loitering with Intent

Source: Loitering with Intent

“It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky.”

Source: Territorial Rights: A Novel

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

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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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