A Chill in the Air Quotes

“every subject under the sun, was seen only in its relation to vested interests. So complete, so whole-hearted was his preoccupation that after an hour’s conversation I began to wonder whether I had not been incredibly naïve in believing there was any other governing motive in human life.”
― Iris Origo, A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939–1940