What did John le Carre mean by: Completing a book, it’s a little like having a baby. - John le Carre Author Copy
+ People are very secretive – secret even from themselves. Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Secret, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Betray, Love, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Blackmail is more effective than bribery. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Bribe, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Yet it’s not for want of future that I’m here, he thought. It’s for want of a present. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ It’s the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies? Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Spy, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ When you’re my age, you have the feeling sometimes that you’re seeing the show come round again. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Age, Feelings, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Give a man a car of his own and he leaves humility and common sense behind him in the garage. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Common Sense, Humility, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Power expands through the distribution of secrecy. Feraz Zeid, June 25, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Distribution, Power, Secrecy, 0 - John le Carre Author
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China