No Time To Die (Bond 25) (2021) Movie Discussion with ilya (with Spoilers) Part 2 of 2

The quote was originally written by the American writer Jack
London, who is known for his early 20th century books Call of the
Wild and The Sea Wolf. The passage it comes from was first
published in the San Francisco Bulletin in 1916 and later served
as an introduction to a compilation of London’s short stories in
1956.


But this is not the first time these words have been used to
describe Bond. In Ian Fleming’s novel You Only Live Twice, there
is a brief moment where the world thinks Bond has died and his
obituary appears in the paper. The same London quote is used as
an addendum to the obituary, apparently added by his love
interest Mary Goodnight.


The quote is the end of a longer passage, which is written out
below in full.


“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark
should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by
dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, ever atom of me in
magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper
function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my
days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”











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