Icebreaker Quotes

“SMERSH has what I understand is called, in criminal parlance, a hit list. That list includes a number of names – people who are wanted, not dead, but alive. Can you imagine whose name is number one on the chart, James Bond?’ Bond did not have to guess. SMERSH had undergone many changes, but as a Department of the Russian Service, SMERSH had a very long memory.”
― 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

“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

“the Mossad agent whom Dudley had described as, ‘An absolutely deadly young lady, around five-six, clear skin, the figure’s copied from the Venus de Milo, only this one’s got both arms, and the head’s different.’ ‘How different?’ Bond had asked. ‘Stunning. Late twenties, I’d say. Very, very good. I’d hate to be up against her . . .’ ‘In the professional sense, of course.’ Bond could not resist the quip.”
― John Gardner, Icebreaker: A James Bond thriller