“Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
Ian Fleming
Diamonds Are Forever (Primary source)
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, plunging 007 into the illicit diamond trade and the brutal underworld of American organized crime.
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“I [James Bond] expect because I think I can handle life better on my own. Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
Ian Fleming
“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 source“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“You know I don’t love any one but you. You shouldn’t mind because some one else loved me.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Don’t misinform your doctor nor your lawyer.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Where should we go? I don’t care. Anywhere you want. Anywhere we don’t know people.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“I don’t want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source