Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.

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

You should have died when I killed you.

Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

I've got more than one string to my bow, and I thought I'd give this one a twang.

The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.