“We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact."
"And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
"And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
“The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
“Survival...is an infinite capacity for suspicion.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
“...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.”
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
― Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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