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" Leamas saw. He saw the long road outside
Rotterdam, the long straight road beside the
dunes, and the stream of refugees moving
along it; saw the little aeroplane miles away,
the procession stop and look towards it; and
the plane coming in, nearly over the dunes;
saw the chaos, the meaningless hell, as the
bombs hit the road.
“I can’t talk like this, Control,” Leamas
said at last. “What do you want me to do? "

John le Carré


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John le Carré quote : Leamas saw. He saw the long road outside<br />Rotterdam, the long straight road beside the<br />dunes, and the stream of refugees moving<br />along it; saw the little aeroplane miles away,<br />the procession stop and look towards it; and<br />the plane coming in, nearly over the dunes;<br />saw the chaos, the meaningless hell, as the<br />bombs hit the road.<br />“I can’t talk like this, Control,” Leamas<br />said at last. “What do you want me to do?