Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

by John Le Carré

The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.

One of those shrewd quiet ones that lead the team without anyone noticing.

one of your flabby oak trees, Smiley was. Think you could blow him over with one puff but when it comes to the storm he’s the only one left standing at the end of it.

There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur.

Faint heart never won fair lady,