John le Carré quote: Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present.

Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present.

~ John le Carré ~

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Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present.

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