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Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do.

William Goldman

Can Do, I Can

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.44, A&C Black

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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.

William Goldman

Life, Pain, Selling

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But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.

William Goldman

Girl, Mean, Boys

William Goldman (2001). “The Silent Gondoliers”, Del Rey

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One of the things that happens to careers out here is that people destroy themselves because they begin to think they're wonderful. They begin to think they know what they're doing, and the minute that happens, it's over.

William Goldman

Thinking, Careers, People

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No more rhymes now I mean it!” “Anybody want a peanut?” “AAHH!

William Goldman

Mean, Want, Peanuts

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The enemy is always in the mind.

William Goldman

Mind, Enemy

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.136, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C. when Saul and Delilah Korn's inadvertent discovery swept across Western civilization. (Before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy, because although everyone agrees with the formula of affection times purity times intensity times duration, no one has ever been completely satisfied with how much weight each element should receive. But on any system, there are five that everyone agrees deserve full marks. Well, this one left them all behind.

William Goldman

Couple, Kissing, Discovery

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.48, A&C Black

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You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.

William Goldman

Father, Insult, Wonderful

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.128, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.

William Goldman

Romantic, Good Night, Goodnight

William Goldman (1995). “William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays”, Hal Leonard Corporation

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Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told.

William Goldman

Simple, Existence

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.144, A&C Black

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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.

William Goldman

Beautiful, Mind, Enough

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.126, A&C Black

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I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love you' was what it was, but you never heard.

William Goldman

Love You, Boys, Long

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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No. Not yet. A craftsman only. But I dream to be an artist. I pray that someday, if I work with enough care, if I am very very lucky, I will make a weapon that is a work of art. Call me an artist then, and I will answer.

William Goldman

Dream, Art, Lucky

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.84, A&C Black

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Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.

William Goldman

Work, Thinking, Years

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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. If this is true, or if you are one of the people who believe this is true, then the one universal way to enjoy life is still the same, which is to learn to be grateful that it is not worse!!

William Goldman

Gratitude, Pain, Believe

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He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what.

William Goldman

Giving Up, Matter, Lovers

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.111, A&C Black

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There is no room in my body for anything but you.

William Goldman

Body, Rooms, Buttercup

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.44, A&C Black

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He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.

William Goldman

Wind, Wonder, Princess Bride

"Fictional character: Inigo Montoya". "The Princess Bride", www.imdb.com. September 18, 1987.

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Her mother was my wife," the Count roared, loudest of all. "You pathetic excuse for am money-grubbing fool, you disgrace to the face of the world." And with a shriek of disgust he turned and was gone. Guilietta was beside Inigo then, so excited. "Daddy likes you," she said.

William Goldman

Mother, Daddy, Wife

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.253, A&C Black

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I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I LOVE YOU. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I.

William Goldman

Love You, Want, Ells

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.47, A&C Black

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She loves you," the Prince cried. "She loves you still and you love her, so think of that--think of this too: in all this world, you might have been happy, genuinely happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, not really, no matter what the storybooks say, but you could have had it, and so, I would think, no one will ever suffer a loss as great as you.

William Goldman

Couple, Love You, Loss

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.286, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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i have come to terms with my life, and that is my affair - i am not cold, i swear, but i have decided certain things, it is best for me to ignore emotion; i have not been happy dealing with it.

William Goldman

Emotion, Cold, Affair

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.119, A&C Black

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While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. [...] Down went the man in black. [...] "You can die too for all I care," she said, and then she turned away. Words followed her. Whispered from far, weak and warm and familiar. "As...you...wish..."

William Goldman

Men, Black, Wish

"The Princess Bride". Book by William Goldman, 1973.

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I say you are a coward and you are; I think you hunt only to reassure yourself that you are not what you are: the weakest thing to ever walk the Earth. He will come for me and then we will be gone, and you will be helpless for all your hunting, because Westley and I are joined by the bond of love and you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords.

William Goldman

Thinking, Hunting, Track

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.176, A&C Black

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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.

William Goldman

Morning, Sorry, Feelings

William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.63, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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