Quote by John le Carré Download Open image ““He had never guessed it was possible to be frightened for so long.”” — John le Carré ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Long experience had taught him that fear lay in the next moment, not in this one.” — David L. Robbins Copy Share Image
“for a moment he became frightened that, with no one watching him, he might begin to disappear forever.” — Andrew Kaufman Copy Share Image
“He will never be able to explain how he dares to do this, but perhaps you get tired of being frightened if you've been… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“The only thing that ever scared him was finding out there was something he couldn't do, so he damn well made sure there was… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
“It took another time, more waves rolling up, to understand that he had no idea what it would be like to live without fear… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
“It was not death or dying that frightened him, but the unexpectedness of both.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“The fear came from the fact that what he did was unpredictable. He did not play by the rules, and once those rules had… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“He used to tell me that there's not time in this life to be scared. He said to breathe your fear right in and… — Zana Fraillon Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
