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Against stupidity the gods themselves fight in basin, thought Smiley: but Schiller had forgotten the bureaucrats.
— Nov 02, 2026 12:28PM
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A couplet of Auden’s rang in his mind: let us honour if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the horizontal one.
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Nov 02, 2026 08:37PM
hahaha, Ilse! You so badly make me want to be in Smiley's company again :) Unfortunately I am not capable of reading more than one book at a time. Have fun!
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Vanitha wrote: "hahaha, Ilse! You so badly make me want to be in Smiley's company again :) Unfortunately I am not capable of reading more than one book at a time. Have fun!"Thank you so much, Vanitha! It's good to be in Smiley's company again, and he even strikes a poetical note in this volume :). This will likely be the last novel I'll be able to finish this year - Looking at the pile of unread books here on the shelf, I can relate to your wish of being able to read more than one book at a time - so many books, so little time!
ps and those gods do not fight in basin but in vain in the quote, the curse of autocorrect ruined the quote :-(
I’m re- reading the Smiley books, so I’ll give you a kiss for this one….J
Ilse wrote: "Vanitha wrote: "hahaha, Ilse! You so badly make me want to be in Smiley's company again :) Unfortunately I am not capable of reading more than one book at a time. Have fun!"Thank you so much, Vani..."
Smiley, sure can be a poet, even in the first one there were some lines that really struck me.
Hope we both find more time to spend with Smiley :)
"ps and those gods do not fight in basin but in vain in the quote, the curse of autocorrect ruined the quote :-(" --- I was thinking there was something off with the sentence, haha. That is so funny!