Quote by: Muriel Spark

You're different. You're more perfect. Time is three things for most people, but for you, for us, just one. A singularity. One moment. This moment. Like you're the center of the clock, the axis on which the hands turn. Time moves about you but never moves you. It has lost its ability to affect you. What is it they say? That time is theft? But not for you. Close your eyes and you can start all over again. Conjure up that necessary emotion, fresh as roses.


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Author Bio


  • NameMuriel Spark
  • DescriptionScottish writer
  • AliasesMuriel Sarah Camberg
  • BornFebruary 1, 1918
  • DiedApril 13, 2006
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Novelist; Playwright; Editor
  • WorksThe Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie; The Mandelbaum Gate; The Driver's Seat; Memento Mori; The Comforters; The Ballad Of Peckham Rye; The Bachelors; The Girls Of Slender Means; The Public Image; The Takeover; Territorial Rights; Loitering With Intent; A Far Cry From Kensington; Symposium; Aiding And Abetting; The Finishing School
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; James Tait Black Memorial Prize