Josephine Hart
Josephine Hart
Josephine Hart, Baroness Saatchi, was an Irish writer, theatrical producer and television presenter who lived in London. Lady Saatchi wrote the novel Damage, which was the basis for the 1992 film of the same name, directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche and Rupert Graves...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWriter
CountryIreland
add goodness prove
We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists.
needs knows ridcully
Poetry contains almost all you need to know about life.
found let-me bearable
Poetry has never let me down. Without poetry, I would have found life less comprehensible, less bearable and infinitely less enjoyable.
agony choices
We do have choice, but not without some agony.
tragedy
We learn from tragedy. Slowly.
home water soul
There is an internal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines in our lives. Those who are lucky enough to find it, ease like water over a stone, onto its fluid contours, and are home.
time sacrifice men
Time, for a man who has never truly felt a second of it, it not a great sacrifice
keys childhood soul
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 the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter.
survival vision elements
Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths.
home wrath people
Lucky people should hide. Pray the days of wrath do not visit their home.
television arena
Television ... the new gladiatorial arena.