Quotes by : John le Carré

But despite such energetic mental exercise, the ghosts of time present would intrude and drive his dreams....

A man who lives a part, not to others but alone, is exposed to obvious psychological dangers. In itself....

There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have....

The vertical manThough we value noneBut the horizontal one.

Don't give it to them all at once, make them work for it. Confuse them with detail, leave things out,....

And gradually it dawned on him, if a dawning can take place in total blackness, that his life has consisted....

I don't break down," she announced. "Got it?"He got it. He was already pulling back, looking ashamed....

A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what....

Afterwards Smiley always thought of that interview as a fan dance; a calculated progression of disclosures,....

society is unconcerned with the aftermath of sensation.