What did John le Carre mean by: What else has a journalist to do these days, after all, but report life’s miseries? - John le Carre Author Copy
+ I don’t think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Literature, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 24, 2023, John le Carre, Chaos, Still, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ There is no such thing as a secure writer: every novel is an impossible mountain. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John le Carre, Impossible, Mountain, Writing, 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
+ 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
+ By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, Fact, Lying, Repetition, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Survival…is an infinite capacity for suspicion. Feraz Zeid, July 28, 2023December 12, 2023, John le Carre, Capacity, Infinite, Survival, 0 - John le Carre Author
+ Never trade a secret, you’ll always get the short end of the bargain. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John le Carre, End, Secret, Trade, 0 - John le Carre Author
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Misery pulls away the brackets of life leaving you to free fall. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
I don’t pretend to be objective. There is no such thing as being an objective journalist. - Jeremy Scahill
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist. - Freeman Dyson Physicist · United Kingdom
