Rhapsodies

I just began rereading Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy  for the umpteenth time and it still remains my favorite John le Carré novel and probably my favorite spy thriller of all time. I’ve enjoyed both adaptations though I still like the Alec Guinness version the best. So today here is my favorite quote from the book; George Smiley’s frustrated complaint about bureaucratic rationalization (it still sounds best when Alec Guiness is saying it)

Reason as motive, or reason as logic, or reason as a way of life? They don’t have to give me a reason – i can write my own damn reasons! And that is not the same as the half-baked tolerance from no longer caring!