The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fascinate, elude and confuse me. Samantha Harvey confuseeludefascinate Change image and share on social
Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated. Samantha Harvey annoyexasperateintensely Change image and share on social
The Japanese have different words for love. To them, it's plain weird that we love spaghetti and love our children and love our lovers, all with the same word, when surely the thing being described as love is radically different in each case. Samantha Harvey casechildjapanese share on social
Being published is a bit like being entered into a race you don't even want to run, but, once running, can't help but not want to lose. Samantha Harvey biteenterlose Change image and share on social
Monologues are self-verifying and self-referencing, a world in their own right, one with its own internal logic that strengthens with reiteration. Samantha Harvey internallogicmonologue Change image and share on social
I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it. Samantha Harvey complimentconfidentdecision Change image and share on social
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life. Samantha Harvey conceiveinterpretlife Change image and share on social
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 changedogmaticfear Change image and share on social
What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching some sort of clarity - even if it is only clarity about the gaps in our knowledge. Samantha Harvey claritygapinsistence Change image and share on social
We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all? Samantha Harvey husbandlivepossessive Change image and share on social
