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1 " Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings. "
― Ian Fleming , Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
2 " Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. "
3 " Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world. "
4 " Before a man's forty, girls cost nothing. After that you have to pay money, or tell a story. Of the two, it's the story that hurts most. Anyway I'm not forty yet. "
5 " It reads better than it lives "
6 " The first thing he noticed was that Las Vegas seemed to have invented a new school of functional architecture, 'The Gilded Mousetrap School' he thought it might be called, whose main purpose was to channel the customer-mouse into the central gambling trap whether he wanted the cheese or not. "
7 " Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other. "
8 " People are so damn sensitive about colour around here that you can’t even ask a barman for a jigger of rum. You have to ask for a jegro. "
9 " Mister. Nothing is forever. Only death is permanent. Nothing is forever except what you did to me. "
10 " Only law firm out there’s called Smith and Wesson. "
11 " I 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. "
12 " Ever heard of “The House of Diamonds”? "
13 " Leiter chuckled and reached in his left-hand pocket for a dime as they came to the Henry Hudson Bridge toll. "
14 " He’s not a bad guy really, except he’s so crooked, you shake hands with him you better count your fingers afterwards. "
15 " We’re both travelling bad roads and all bad roads lead to the bad town. "
16 " Now it’s your turn again,’ she said. ‘Buy me another drink and then tell me what sort of a woman you think would add to you.’ Bond gave his order to the steward. He lit a cigarette and turned back to her. ‘Somebody who can make Sauce Béarnaise as well as love,’ he said. ‘Holy mackerel! Just any old dumb hag who can cook and lie on her back? "
17 " Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt veļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla. "
18 " So you’re going to Las Vegas,’ said Bond. ‘Funny coincidence department.’ He told Leiter about his conversation with Shady Tree. ‘Sure,’ said Leiter. ‘No coincidence about it. We’re both travelling bad roads and all bad roads lead to the bad town. I "
19 " IT IS an intoxicating moment in a love-affair when, for the first time, in a public place, in a restaurant or a theatre, the man puts his hand down and lays it on the thigh of the girl and when she slips her hand over his and presses the man’s hand against her. The two gestures say everything that can be said. All is agreed. All the pacts are signed. And there is a long minute of silence during which the blood sings. It was eleven o’clock and there was only a scattering of people left in the corners of the Veranda Grill. "
20 " Bond had a natural affection for coloured people, but he reflected how lucky England was compared with America where you had to live with the colour problem from your schooldays up. He smiled as he remembered something Felix Leiter had said to him on their last assignment together in America. Bond had referred to Mr Big, the famous Harlem criminal, as ‘that damned nigger’. Leiter had picked him up. ‘Careful now, James,’ he had said. ‘People are so damn sensitive about colour around here that you can’t even ask a barman for a jigger of rum. You have to ask for a jegro. "
