Iris Origo Quotes

We are being governed by the dregs of the nation - and their brutality is so capricious that no one can feel certain that he will be safe tomorrow.

[On writing biography:] If you wish to see a person you must not start by seeing through him.

I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject.

The biographer's real business - if it is not too arrogant to say so - is simply this: to bring the dead to life.

Behind each biography there should always be a rich treasury of unformulated knowledge, a tapestry that has not been unrolled.