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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
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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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I love you,” Buttercup said. “I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.
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You're alive! Fezzik cried. The man in black sat immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy, just his mouth moving. That is perhaps the most childishly obvious remark I have ever come across.
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Who says life is fair, where is that written?
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There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them.
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Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup.
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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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The Countess was considerably younger than her husband. All of her clothes came from Paris (this was after Paris) and she had superb taste. (This was after taste too, but only just. And since it was such a new thing, and since the Countess was the only lady in all Florin to posses it, is it any wonder she was the leading hostess in the land?)
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A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite
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Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
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You don't want to be rude but you have to be careful - there are a lot of strange people out there. (Goldman attributes this quote to Cliff Robertson.)
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Who are you? No one of consequence. I must know. Get used to disappointment.
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Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle. Valerie: Think it'll work? Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.
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The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.
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Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.
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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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The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.
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Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
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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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Is this a kissing book?
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