Backgrounds Quotes
I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.
Iris Murdoch (1976). “A Severed Head”, p.38, Penguin
Hitler was highly secretive - not least about his personal life, his background, and his family.
Ian Kershaw (1998). “Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris”
Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.17, Open Road Media
Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.
Witold Gombrowicz (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.47, Yale University Press