We have to live without sympathy, don't we? That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, this hardness; but we aren't like that really. I mean... One can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold... Do you see what I mean?

John le Carré

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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Vulnerability

Speaker

Control

Author

John le Carré

Source

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Medium

Novel

Genre

Spy novel Spy

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Carré, John le. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz & Pan, 1963, ch. 2.

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Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.

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Culture war American politics
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Barry Goldwater
Source
Washington Star
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

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Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum

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Vulnerability Taking risks

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Louise Erdrich
Source
The Painted Drum
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
2005 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Erdrich, Louise. The Painted Drum. Harper, 2005.