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The infant is ten and he stays.
William Goldman
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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
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Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
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Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what? I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people o die embarrassed.
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I am as devoted to adventure now as then, and that’s never going to stop.
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Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.
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You think this is a trap then? the Count asked. I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise, the Prince answered. Which is why I'm still alive.
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My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!
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Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.
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He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince.
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