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Ian Fleming quote about silence from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “When she had failed once or twice to respond to some conversational gambit or other, Bond also relapsed into silence and occupied himself with his own gloomy thoughts.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about gambling from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling - a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension - becomes unbearable and the senses awake and revolt from it.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about fear from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “For the first time since his capture, fear came to Bond and crawled up his spine.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about smallness from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about pity from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “Tears of forlornness and self-pity welled out of his eyes.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about mind from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about alcohol from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about love from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “He saw her now only as a spy. Their love and his grief were relegated to the boxroom of his mind. Later, perhaps they would be dragged out, dispassionately examined, and then bitterly thrust back with other sentimental baggage he would rather forget.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about resignation from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about practice from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about battle from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “He cursed himself and cursed the hubris which had made him so sure the battle was won and the enemy in flight.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about body from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “Bond guessed that hair covered most of his squat body. Naked, Bond supposed, he would be an obscene object.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about coldness from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about marriage from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about men from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about experience from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “For an hour in that room with Le Chiffre the certainty of impotence had been beaten into him and a scar had been left on his mind that could only be healed by experience.” - kwize.com

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Ian Fleming quote about details from Casino Royale (1953)

Images and meaning about “He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession.” - kwize.com