“One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.”

Source: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), P. 8

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Scottish writer 1918–2006

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