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Letter "J" » John LeCarre Quotes
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«Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.»
«You should have died when I killed you.»
«Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.»
«Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.»
«History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.»
Author: John LeCarre
(Writer)
| About:
History,
Secrets
| Keywords:
secret history, tonight, winners
«The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.»
«Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak.»
Author: John LeCarre
(Writer)
| Keywords:
alchemist, alchemists, berlin, cabinet, cabinets, cloak, garrison, garrisoned, garrisons, liquid, miracle worker, piper, pipers, playground, playgrounds, spied, spies, spying, worker
«If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.»
«For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.»
Author: John LeCarre
(Writer)
«I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.»
Author: John LeCarre
(Writer)
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