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“The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.”
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“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 if we lavish our concern on every stray cat, we never get to the centre of things.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”
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“The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more
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