“Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
“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.”
“It reads better than it lives”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Mister. Nothing is forever. Only death is permanent. Nothing is forever except what you did to me.”
“Only law firm out there’s called Smith and Wesson.”
“Most marriages don’t add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”
“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.”
“We’re both travelling bad roads and all bad roads lead to the bad town.”
“Leiter chuckled and reached in his left-hand pocket for a dime as they came to the Henry Hudson Bridge toll.”
“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?”
“Ever heard of “The House of Diamonds”?”
“He’s not a bad guy really, except he’s so crooked, you shake hands with him you better count your fingers afterwards.”
“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.”
“Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt veļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla.”
“It reads better than it lives .”
“America’s a civilized country. More or less. What”
“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”
“Dead souls dream only of death. Small dreams for small men. It is life that expands to fill worlds. Life is your master, or death is”
“Could she sense her life as she knew it hanging precariously in the balance? Could she feel his eyes on her? Did she have a sixth sense for monsters? The thought of it made him smile”
“Silence, and then Eve said, "Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind.”
“Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
“If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.”
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