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“Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

“[Inigo corners Count Rugen, knocks his sword aside, and slashes his cheek, giving him a scar just like Inigo's]
Inigo Montoya: Offer me money.
Count Rugen: Yes!
Inigo Montoya: Power, too, promise me that.
[He slashes his other cheek]
Count Rugen: All that I have and more. Please...
Inigo Montoya: Offer me anything I ask for.
Count Rugen: Anything you want...
[Rugen knocks Inigo's sword aside and lunges. But Inigo traps his arm and aims his sword at Rugen's stomach]
Inigo Montoya: I want my father back, you son of a bitch!”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.
Valerie: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.”
― William Goldman , The Princess Bride

“I've been in the revenge buisness for so long, now that it's over I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“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...”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Look. (Grow-ups skip this paragraph.) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it is my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming up, torture you've already been prepared for, but there's worse. There's death coming up, and you better understand this: Some of the wrong people die. Be ready for it. This isn't Curious George Uses the Potty. Nobody warned me and it was my own fault (you'll see what I mean in a little) and that was my mistake, so I'm not letting it happen to you. The wrong people die, some of them, and the reason is this: life is not fair. Forget all the garbage your parents put out.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Get used to disappointment.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“May my hands fall from my wrists before I kill an artist like yourself," said the man in black. "I would as soon destroy da Vinci. However"—and here he clubbed Inigo's head with the butt of his sword—"since I can't have you following me either, please understand that I hold you in the highest respect.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Hello,” he said. “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Hello there," Inigo hollered when he could wait no more.
The man in black glanced up and grunted.
"I've been watching you."
The man in black nodded.
"Slow going," Inigo said.
"Look, I don't mean to be rude," the man in black said finally, "but I'm rather busy just now, so try not to distract me."
"I'm sorry," Inigo said.
The man in black grunted again.
"I don't suppose you could speed things up," Inigo said.
"If you want to speed things up so much," the man in black said, clearly quite angry now, "you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find some other helpful thing to do.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“You keep using that word!” the Spaniard snapped. “I don’t think it means what you think it does.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“He's gaining on us," the Turk said. "That is also inconceivable," the Sicilian said. "Before I stole this boat we're in, I made many inquiries as to what was the fastest ship on all of Florin Channel and everyone agreed it was this one." "You're right," the Turk agreed, staring back. "He isn't gaining on us. He's just getting closer, that's all.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Stop saying that word. It was inconceivable that anyone could follow us, but when we looked behind, there was the man in black. It was inconceivable that anyone could sail as fast as we could sail, and yet he gained on us. Now this too is inconceivable, but look—look—” and the Spaniard pointed down through the night. “See how he rises.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Well, why didn't you list that among our assets in the first place?”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“When this is over we will see who is right, and who is dead.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“She does not get eaten by the sharks at this time,” my father said. I looked up at him. “What?” “You looked like you were getting too involved and bothered so I thought I would let you relax.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“I'm not about to argue with a full professor, but if you ever have a really unbreakable case of insomnia, do yourself a favor and start reading Chapter Three of the uncut version.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Has it got any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said, and I kind of closed my eyes. “I’ll do my best to stay awake . . . but I’m awful sleepy, Daddy . . . .” Who can know when his world”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“(This was long after hairdressers; in truth, ever since there have been women, there have been hairdressers, Adam being the first, though the King James scholars do their very best to muddy this point.)”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“he didn’t forget this either. He just didn’t remember it in time. . . . ”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Is he really so wonderful, this Westley of yours?"

"Not so much wonderful as perfect," she replied. "Kind of flawless. More or less magnificent. Without blemish. Rather on the ideal side.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“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, The Princess Bride

“The only way forward is to never look back.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride