Sometimes she thought Alec was right—you believed in things because you needed to; what you believed in had no value of its own, no function. - John le Carré

I once heard someone say morality was method. Do you hold with that? I suppose you wouldn't. You would say that morality was vested in the aim, I expect. Difficult to know what one's aims are, that's the trouble, specially if you're British.

"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."

Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray.