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

From Samantha Harvey

With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any emotion. And they are so potent, so powerful, and at the same time, they're marks on the page, and that's all. There's nothing else to them.

From 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.

From Samantha Harvey

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.

From Samantha Harvey

One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man sits alone, staring into the middle distance, without grip of his narrative, lost to the past.

From Samantha Harvey

Monologues are self-verifying and self-referencing, a world in their own right, one with its own internal logic that strengthens with reiteration.

From Samantha Harvey

As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more insular, defensive, and protective.

From Samantha Harvey

Down on the ground, we seem to do anything but make lengthy, robust monologues. We can communicate in an instant almost anywhere. Gone is the slow old letter - itself a monologue, a sort of considered performance of best self - and in its place is the e-mail, the text, the SMS, the tweet.

From Samantha Harvey

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

From 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.

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