The Portobello Road Quotes

“When I failed again and again to reproduce life in some satisfactory and perfect form, I was the more imprisoned, for all my carefree living, within my craving for this satisfaction.”
― Muriel Spark, Portobello Road

“I also went to London to see life, for it was my ambition to write about life, which first I had to see.”
― Muriel Spark, The Portobello Road / Portobello Road