06-10-2009, 06:13 PM
Nicely put, David.
By the by, if you wish to witness the intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth of a former MI6 operative -- I write of David Cornwell, a/k/a John le Carre -- read his introduction to The Philby Affair and then his own The Russia House.
Or the last two paragraphs of Smiley's People.
By the by, if you wish to witness the intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth of a former MI6 operative -- I write of David Cornwell, a/k/a John le Carre -- read his introduction to The Philby Affair and then his own The Russia House.
Or the last two paragraphs of Smiley's People.
Charles Drago
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene