Author: Samantha Harvey

Quotes

Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and agreeing about the misdemeanours of men... mild, soft, nurturing relationships.

Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and agreeing about the misdemeanours of men... mild, soft, nurturing relationships.

- Samantha Harvey

Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated.

Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated.

- Samantha Harvey

We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.

We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.

- Samantha Harvey

I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.

I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.

- Samantha Harvey

When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.

When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.

- Samantha Harvey

I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we just function on assumptions and secondhand knowledge.

I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we just function on assumptions and secondhand knowledge.

- Samantha Harvey

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