I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control.
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When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.Muriel Spark
One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.
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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.
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Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.
Muriel Spark
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
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