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.
Muriel SparkThere was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce.
Muriel SparkDeath, 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.
Muriel Spark