All Josephine Hart Quotes
- There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outline all our lives. All
- To appear unambitious amongst the ambitious is to invite loathing or fear. To be in the game, but not playing with intent to win, is… Ambition
- Memory is never pure. And recollection is always coloured by the life lived since Always Coloured
- They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply… Childhood
- Those who do not have imaginary conversations do not love. Conversation
- All damaged people are dangerous. Survival makes them so.' 'Why?' 'Because they have no pity. They know what others can survive, as they did. All
- Lucky people should hide. Pray the days of wrath do not visit their home. Days
- That is my story, simply told. Please do not ask again. I have told you in order to issue a warning. I have been damaged.… Ask
- When we mourn those who die young – those who have been robbed of time – we weep for lost joys. We weep for opportunities… All
- For why trap what is already trapped? It is only in flight that we know the freedom of the bird Bird
- Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. Ability
- The passion that transforms life, and art, did not seem to be mine. But in all essentials, my life was a good performance. All
- Very odd, old age. Always knew it would happen, if I was lucky. I just didn't expect it so soon. Age
- My mother insured that a life of petty facts and dutiful farming was kept at bay by her passionate intensity, which nurtured the essential dreaminess… Bay
- We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists. Add
- Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable. Bearable
- We do have choice, but not without some agony. Agony
- Time, for a man who has never truly felt a second of it, it not a great sacrifice Felt
- Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. Adversity
- There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. All