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A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. – John le Carre

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How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god. – Alan Watts

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