Look, we are getting to be old men, and we've spent our liv… - John le Carré

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Look, we are getting to be old men, and we've spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another's systems... Don't you think it's time to recognise that there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?

John le Carré

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy · October 1, 2002 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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John le Carré is the pen-name of David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), who was a British writer of spy novels and a former spy himself.

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Birth Name: David John Moore Cornwell

Alternative Names: David Cornwell • John le Carre

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And the second question I would ask him... Have you ever seen what happens when a grenade goes off in a school? Do you really know what you’re doing when you order shock and awe? Are you prepared to kneel beside a dying soldier and tell him why he went to Iraq, or why he went to any war?

Sometimes we have to do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions, not answers.

Charlie alone knew he was a ghost.

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