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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 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie humor truth

If I had my life to live over again, I would form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is not a…

Muriel Spark Memento Mori death

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work ... t…

Muriel Spark A Far Cry from Kensington cats composition concentration focus inspiration

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

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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 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie education teaching

Phrases like 'the team spirit' are always employed to cut across individualism, love and personal loyalties.

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4:15. Not 4 not 4:30 but 4:15. She thought to intimidate me with the use of quarter hours.

Muriel Spark The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie humour

Six years previously, Miss Brodie had led her new class into the garden for a history lesson underneath the big elm. On the way through the school corridors they passed the headmis…

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

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It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due

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Mental spark 75.00%
Muriel Spark's 'Memento ' 70.59%
Brain spark 69.57%
Vital spark 69.57%
Cerebral spark 69.23%
Creative spark 69.23%
Mercury or Spark 64.29%
Smoldering spark 64.29%
Jumping spark 64.00%
"Memento ___" (Muriel Spark novel) 63.16%
Muriel's main man 62.07%
Electric spark 61.54%
Creative mental spark 60.61%
Exuberant spark 59.26%
Thinker's spark 59.26%
Spark 58.82%
"___ it spark joy?" 58.33%
Promethean spark 57.14%
Innovative spark 57.14%
Intangible spark 57.14%

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Unscramble MURIEL 6-letter words that start with M 6-letter words that end in L 6-letter words containing UR 6-letter words containing EL 6-letter words with M and U

Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day

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Hint 1 meaning

The old plural of Eye.

Hint 2 anagram

ENE

Hint 3 another clue

AND STILL ___

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