# Quote — Ian McEwan, Amsterdam

> We know so little about each other. We lie mostly submerged, like ice floes, with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white.

- Author: [Ian McEwan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan.md)
- Book: [Amsterdam](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan/amsterdam.md)
- Page: 71
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan#Amsterdam_(1998)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan/amsterdam/we-know-so-little