The Princess Bride
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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.
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"You keep using that word!" the Spaniard snapped. "I don't think it means what you think it does."
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"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die," and then, oh then, the duel.
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"You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." "You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die."
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"Who are you?" he screamed. "No one of import. Another lover of the blade." I must know!" "Get used to disappointment."
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"He'll hurt me!" Fezzik said. "Life is pain," his mother said. "Anybody that says different is selling something."
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"I can't help being strong; it's not my fault. I don't even exercise.
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"You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?"
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"In that case," said the man in black, "I challenge you to a battle of wits." Vizzini had to smile. "For the Princess?" "You read my mind." "It just seems that way, I told you. It's merely logic and wisdom. To the death?" "Correct again." "I accept," cried Vizzini. "Begin the battle!"
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"The battle of wits has begun," said the man in black. "It ends when you decide and we drink the wine and find out who is right and who is dead.
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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."' ...more
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`Life isn't fair, Bill. We tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going to be.' ...more
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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."
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"Forgive me, Inigo." "Oh, Fezzik ... Fezzik..." "What ... ?" "I had such rhymes for you...." "What rhymes?..." Silence. The fourth coil was finished. "Inigo, what rhymes?" Silence. Snake breath. "Inigo, I want to know the rhymes before I die-Inigo, I really want to know-Inigo, tell me the rhymes," Fezzik said, and by now he was very frustrated and, more than that, he was spectacularly angry and one arm came clear of one coil and that made it a bit less of a chore to fight free of the second coil and that meant he could take that arm and bring it to the aid of the other arm and now he was ...more
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Quality humor. 👌🏻
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"Sonny, don't you tell me what's worthwhile-true love is the best thing in the world, except for
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A nice MLT, Mutton Lettuce Tomato, where the the tomato is ripe and the mutton is nice and lean, mmm, they're so perky, I love that!
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And and and had a son.
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And and and had a son
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How could he not obey her?
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ALL RIGHT!👍🏻
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"You KNOW, WE'VE only kissed,"
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"I think we all know where this is going." 😁