Quote by John le Carre

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry, whether it's the writer or the spy.

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship betwee

Summary

This quote alludes to the underlying tension in the dynamics between the pursuer and their target, whether it be a writer seeking inspiration or a spy on a mission. It suggests that the true conflict arises from the interplay and connection between these two roles. The pursuer is driven by ambition or duty, while the quarry represents the elusive object of their pursuit. This tension creates an intriguing and captivating experience that captures the essence of the struggle between seeking and being sought.

Topics

Relationship

By John le Carre

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it

The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

Enjoyment

There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what

There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Work

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxiou

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

Fear

Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores an

Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.

Ideology

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art,

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Purity

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but suffering.

Suffering

I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tou

I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tour with my band so it's 12 people on one bus and I feel like I'm the one who's happy in the morning. I'm not a chaotic person, but I might slack off on doing the dishes from time to time.

Zooey Deschanel

Morning

One hundred years ago, our fathers retired the gods from pol

One hundred years ago, our fathers retired the gods from politics. The Declaration of Independence is the grandest, the bravest, and the profoundest political document that was ever signed by the representatives of a people. It is the embodiment of physical and moral courage and of political wisdom.

Robert Green Ingersoll

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drin

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making.

Charles Dickens

Military

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of e

Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready.

Eugenio Montale

Poetry

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we wou

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.

Bureaucracy