Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.
John le CarreWhen you're my age, you have the feeling sometimes that you're seeing the show come round again.
John le CarreThe trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends to believe the opposite: which puts us all back where we started.
John le Carre