Muriel Spark

“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”

“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”

Godfrey's wife, Charmian, sat with her eyes closed, attempting to put her thoughts into alphabetical order, which Godfrey had told her was better than no order at all since she now had grasp of neither logic nor chronology.

Godfrey's wife, Charmian, sat with her eyes closed, attempting to put her thoughts into alphabetical order, which Godfrey had told her was b...