“Just as, in at least one religion, accidie is the first of the cardinal sins, so boredom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned.”

— Ian Fleming, book From Russia, with Love

Source: From Russia with Love (1957), Ch. 11 : The Soft Life

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English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer 1908–1964

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