“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face.”

— Ian Fleming, book You Only Live Twice

Source: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 11 : Anatomy Class

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English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer 1908–1964

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