“You only live twice:
Ian Fleming
Once when you’re born,
Once when you look death in the face.”
James Bond attempt at writing a haiku.
You Only Live Twice (Primary source)
You Only Live Twice is the twelfth and final James Bond novel completed by Ian Fleming, blending revenge, redemption, and cultural intrigue.
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“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“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“It’s never too early to start winning.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“That I am a foreigner is not my fault. I would rather have been born here.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“For what are we born if not to aid one another?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“When you’re good to others, you are best to yourself.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source