Buttercup Quotes - Page 2

• Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

  Suzanne Collins

  Katniss, Hunger Games Book, Hissing

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

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• I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup. "It's all right, baby, it's all right. We'll be OK down there." My mother wraps her arms around us. I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Baby, Twilight

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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! If your love were-" "I don't understand that first one yet," Buttercup interrupted. She was starting to get very excited now. "Let me get this straight. Are you saying my love is a grain of sand and yours is this other thing? Images confuse me so - is this universal business of yours bigger than my sand? Help me, Westley. I have the feeling we're on the verge of something just terribly important.

  William Goldman

  Beach, Love You, Love Is

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

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• Wow,” said Adrian. He sat down on the bed and tested its bounciness, giving it a nod of approval. “This is amazing. What do you think, buttercup?” “I have no words,” I said honestly. He patted the spot beside him. “Want to try it out?

  Richelle Mead

  Thinking, Giving, Trying

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.79, Penguin

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• I must be overtired', Buttercup managed. 'The excitement and all.' 'Rest then', her mother cautioned. 'Terrible things can happen when you're overtired. I was overtired the night your father proposed.

  William Goldman

  Mother, Father, Tired

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.42, A&C Black

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• She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You won't find Prim." At her name, he perks up. Raises his flattened ears. Begins to meow hopefully. "Get out!" He dodges the pillow I throw at him. "Go away! There's nothing left for you here!" I start to shake, furious with him. "She's not coming back! She's never ever coming back here again!" I grab another pillow and get to my feet to improve my aim. Out of nowhere, the tears begin to pour down my cheeks. "She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupid, Cat, Loss

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.386, Scholastic Inc.

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• With many readers, brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under ground.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Mistake, Writing, Style

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.429

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• When I left you, you were already more beautiful than anything I dared to dream. In our years apart, my imaginings did their best to improve on your perfection. At night, your face was forever behind my eyes. And now I see that that vision who kept me company in my loneliness was a hag compared to the beauty now before me.

  William Goldman

  Beautiful, Dream, Loneliness

  "The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure".

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• And what have I done?" What? WHAT?...You've stolen them." With that, Cornelia fled, but Buttercup understood; she knew who "them" was. The boys. The beef-witted featherbrained rattledskulled clodpated dim-domed noodle-noggined sapheaded lunk-knobbed BOYS.

  William Goldman

  Boys, Beef, Done

  "The Princess Bride". Book by William Goldman, www.cnn.com. 1973.

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• Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me. Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sometimes, Clean, Hissing

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

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• "We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."

  William Goldman

  Optimistic, Optimism, Doubt

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

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• There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

  Cary Elwes

  Perfect, Would Be, World

  Cary Elwes, Joe Layden (2014). “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• I take a few breaths to calm myself, step back, and lift Buttercup by the scruff of the neck. "I should've drowned you when I had the chance." His ears flatten and he raises a paw. I hiss before he gets a chance, which seems to annoy him a little, since he considers hissing his own personal sound of contempt.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sound, Ears, Littles

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.144, Scholastic Inc.

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• Buttercup's mother hesitated, then put her stew spoon down. (This was after stew, but so is everything. When the first man first clambered from the slime and made his first home on land, what he had for supper that first night was stew.)

  William Goldman

  Mother, Home, Night

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.38, A&C Black

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• I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for the strength to live the day. Clearly, the answer came in the affirmative." "I didn't know there was such a Fellow," Buttercup said. "Neither did I, in truth, but if He didn't exist, I didn't much want to either.

  William Goldman

  Dying, Answers, Want

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.221, A&C Black

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• Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)

  William Goldman

  Mother, Pay, Forget

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.39, A&C Black

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• Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.

  Kirby Larson

  Girl, Women, Niece

  Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.4, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• But just as he knew the sun was obliged to rise each morning in the east, no matter how much a western arisal might have pleased it, so he knew that Buttercup was obliged to spend her love on him. Gold was inviting, and so was royalty, but they could not match the fever in his heart, and sooner or later she would have to catch it. She had less choice than the sun.

  William Goldman

  Morning, Heart, Choices

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• Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup.

  William Goldman

  Tanks

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.45, A&C Black

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• The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)

  Muriel Spark

  Girl, Morning, Mind

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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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• Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?

  William Goldman

  Love You, Thinking, Movie Love

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

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• Inconceivable!" "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

  William Goldman

  Funny, Movie, Princess

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.77, A&C Black

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• Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

  William Goldman

  Books And Movies, Lines, Geek

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.116, A&C Black

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• Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

  William Goldman

  War, Land, Asia

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.116, A&C Black

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