"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

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John le Carre

#Spy Quotes #Matter Quotes #Habit Quotes

“Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.”
“Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.”
“Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?”
“I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities. But life ends up being so much less that we thought it would be when we were kids, with relationships that are so empty and stupid and brutal. If you don't find a way to break the chain and change in some way, then you wind up, as the rhyme goes: a murder of one, for sorrow.”
“You practice with wet balls all the time.”
“If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.”
“Listen can you hear the distance calling Far away but will be with you soon”
“It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.”

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