“He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out those reserves again, how the… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Just as, at least in one religion, accidia is the first of the cardinal sins, so bordom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“There was no sign of life round the domed emplacement of the Moonraker, and the concrete, already beginning to shimmer in the early morning… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Somebody said that to become very rich you have to be helped by a combination of remarkable circumstances and an unbroken run of luck.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers,… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
![“He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out those reserves again, how the will to live would spring up again in a real emergency. He remembered…” quote by Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb0/ian-fleming-1862_james-bond_he-had-seen-how-the-spirit-the-reserves_477828.jpg)
