For Your Eyes Only (Primary source)
For Your Eyes Only is a collection of five short stories by Ian Fleming, each showcasing James Bond in self-contained, high-stakes scenarios.
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“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’.”
“Because people are very careful with the secrets of their own business doesn’t mean that they’ll be careful with the secrets of yours.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“’Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“‘Tomorrow!’ What possibilities there are in that word.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
— Helen Keller Disputed“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source