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You have a dizzying intellect.

William Goldman

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
Intellect
Wisdom
Dizzying

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The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.
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Someone would have to keep his wits, and he had assumed automatically that since Fezzik had so few, he would find retaining them not all that difficult.
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Fool! cried the hunchback. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
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Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.
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Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.
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