"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" Quotes
A British agent goes undercover in East Germany during the Cold War in a tense and morally complex espionage thriller.
fiction | 261 pages | Published in 2008
Quotes
The world is run by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
The job's done. You're not needed anymore. The agency doesn't want you, the opposition doesn't want you.
You can't be less ruthless than the opposition simply because your government's policy is benevolent, can you now?
A good liar must have a good memory: Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.
What the hell do you think spies are? Moral philosophers measuring everything they do against the word of God or Karl Marx? They're not. They're just a bunch of seedy, squalid bastards like me.
You can only get smart by playing a dumb opponent.
The best way to lie is to tell the truth - carefully edited truth.
A lie without a future is a lie.
The only thing that matters is what’s true, and what the truth is at any given moment.
