Author: Samantha Harvey

Quotes

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

It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.

It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.

- Samantha Harvey

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

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 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

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

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