We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.
Muriel SparkI see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.
Muriel SparkTry as i do, i can't recall her surname. Indeed, her very abstractedness and insubstantial personality seemed to say 'forget me'; she seemed to live in parenthesis.
Muriel Spark