A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
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Agents of disruption, subversion, sabotage and disinformation tunnelers and smugglers, listeners and forgers, trainers and recruiters and talent spotters and couriers and watchers and seducers, assassins and balloonists, lip readers and disguise artists.
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Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak.
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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
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History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
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If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
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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.
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Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
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You should have died when I killed you.
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