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Spy Quotes by John le Carre
- It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away…
- But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or…
- A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
- Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live…
- We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really,…
- Most of us live in a condition of secrecy: secret desires, secret appetites, secret hatreds and relationship with the institutions which is extremely intense and…
- I have a theory which I suspect is rather immoral,' Smiley went on, more lightly. 'Each of us has only a quantum of compassion. That…
- Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.
- It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?
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- But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's… — John le Carre
- A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. — John le Carre
- Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most… — John le Carre
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