Khris

“Bond had a feeling that he was, indeed, lucky to be alive. He also wondered if his luck was merely a stay of execution.”
― John Gardner, Role of Honour: A James Bond thriller

“Rumours ran along the corridors of power; there was gossip in the clubs, tattle in the powder rooms of government departments, hints to the Press, hints by the Press, even questions in the House of Commons, and finally the resignation of Commander James Bond.”
― John Gardner, Role of Honour: A James Bond thriller

“James Bond could hardly believe it. A KGB man was actually inviting him into the spider’s web, under the pretext of witnessing the theft of a large quantity of arms.”
― John Gardner, Icebreaker: A James Bond thriller

“Bond pondered on other powerful individuals with whom he had fought dangerous, often lonely, battles. At random he thought of people like Sir Hugo Drax, a liar and cheat, whom he had beaten, by exposing him as a card sharp, before taking the man on in another kind of battle. Auric Goldfinger was of the same breed, a Midas man, whom Bond had challenged on the field of sport as well as the deeper, dangerous zone of battle. Blofeld – well, there were many things about Blofeld which still chilled Bond’s blood:”
― John Gardner, Icebreaker: A James Bond thriller