“Bond loathed and despised tea, that flat, soft, time-wasting opium of the masses, but on his empty stomach, and in his febrile state, the sugary brew acted almost as an intoxicant.”
Ian Fleming
Thunderball (Primary source)
Thunderball is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, centering on a high-stakes nuclear blackmail plot by the terrorist organization SPECTRE.
“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority—at least of indifference.”
— Ian Fleming Primary sourceThis case isn’t ripe yet. Until it is, our policy with Mr Big is “live and let live”.
Bond looked quizzically at Captain Dexter.
“In my job,” he said, “when I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It’s ‘live and let die’.”
“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“You may delay, but time will not.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.”
— Jack London Primary source“Lost time is never found again.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source