More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.
John le CarreYou can't make war against terror. Terror is a technique of battle. It's a tactic that has been employed since time immemorial. You can conduct clandestine action against terrorists, and that must be done.
John le CarreIt is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts.
John le Carre