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> [“Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-blackmar/being-a-spy-was-something-like-standing-on-the-south-shore-fending/)

[Lynn Blackmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-blackmar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/lynn-blackmar-62018_action_being-a-spy-was-something-like-standing_411391.jpg)

> [A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/a-spy-like-a-writer-lives-outside-the-mainstream-population-he-steals/)

[John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/john-le-carre-651_mainstream_a-spy-like-a-writer-lives-outside-the-ma_925091.jpg)

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