Creative Quotations from . . .
John LeCarre
(1931-____) born on Oct 19
English novelist. "He made George Smiley, antithesis of James Bond, famous in "Call from the Dead," 1962; also wrote "Little Drummer Girl," 1983 and "Perfect Spy," 1986."
 
   
F
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."

R
I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.
A
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
N
""You should have died when I killed you.""
K
Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Book-of-the-Month Club News," May 1986."
R: "In "2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs," by Edward F. Murphy, 1981."
A: "Smiley, in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," pt. 3, ch. 34, 1974."
N: "Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to a reassigned agent. "A Perfect Spy," 1986."
K: ""A Perfect Spy," 1986."



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