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Looking forward to going home, I was necessarily looking backward.

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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
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Literary Critic
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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Let us run up debts. One is nobody without debts.
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These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.
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