“His headache was still sitting over his right eye as if it had been nailed there.”

“Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool.”

“In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence.”

“They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive.”

“Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again.”

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

“The worlds most successful people didnt wait for someone else to pick them, but instead, they picked themselves.”

“Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.”

“Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to say something, your worth, and your identity shouldnt rely on it, because its not guaranteed and its not permane...”