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It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky.

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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
Biographer
Editor
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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Continuously
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Hearts
Rainy
Mind
Rain
Depressed
Sniveling
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Inwardly
Dark
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