James Bond Books In Order (Full List)

"It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst."

"Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin."

"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."

"I've found that one must try and teach people that there's no top limit to disaster - that, so long as breath remains in your body, you've got accept the miseries of life. They will often seem infinite, insupportable. They are part of the human condition."

"One dreams all day as well as all night."

"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."

"Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles."

"The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser."

"And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."

"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."

"Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it."

"All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singlenee of purpose could have given focus to thier genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania ... is as priceless as genius."

"I am a poet in deeds - not often in words."