Ground Setting

Famous quotes containing the words ground and/or setting:

“Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air is full of sounds; the sky, of tokens; the ground is all memoranda and signatures; and every object covered over with hints, which speak to the intelligent.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The setting was really perfect for a brisk bubbling murder....”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)