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Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming.
William Goldman
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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
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The first morning after Westley's departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. After all, the love of her life had fled, life had no meaning, how could you face the future, et cetera, et cetera.
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Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
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There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C...(before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy.... Well, this one left them all behind.
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When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.
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People don't remember me. Really. It's not a paranoid thing I just have this habit of slipping through memories. It doesn't bother me all that much, except I guess that's a lie it does. For some reason, I test very high on forgettability.
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Now what happens? asked the man in black. We face each other as God intended, Fezzik said. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone. You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?
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He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what.
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He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.
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Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
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Enough about my beauty, Buttercup said. Everybody always talks about how beautiful I am. I've got a mind, Westley. Talk about that.
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Let me get this thing straight, Inigo--we had SCRAPS for dinner? I'M in YOUR fantasy and the best you can come up with is SCRAPS? She turned toward the door then. You have no chance of winning my heart.
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Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.
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Have fun storming the castle!
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I could give you my word as a Spaniard, Inigo said. No good, the man in black replied. I've known too many Spaniards.
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You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.
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In Hollywood, no one knows anything.
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Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.
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Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told.
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If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.
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But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.
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