William Goldman: You are trying to kidnap what I have...

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Quote: I’ll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.
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Quote: Inigo Montoya: He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.
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Inigo Montoya: He's right...

Quote: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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You keep using that...

Quote: This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
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This is my favorite...

Quote: When I was your age, television was called books.
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Quote: AAHH!
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Quote: 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.
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Quote: True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.
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True love is the...

Quote: Kill me then.
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Quote: It's iocane powder. I swear my life on it!
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It's iocane powder. I...

Quote: God does it all the time; if it doesn't bother Him, don't let it worry you.
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God does it all...

Quote: We’ll never survive!
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Quote: 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.
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She loves you, the...

Quote: ‘Yes,’ Buttercup replied. There was a very long pause. ‘But I must never love again.’
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‘Yes,’ Buttercup replied. There...

Quote: No good, the man in black replied. I've known too many Spaniards.
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No good, the man...

Quote: Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.
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Quote: There are a shortage of perfect breasts in the world it be a pity to damage yours.
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There are a shortage...

Quote: People don't remember me. Really. It's not a paranoid thing; I just have this habit of slipping through memories. It doesn't bother me all that much, except I guess that's a lie; it does. For some reason, I test very high on forgettability.
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Quote: Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
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Westley: This is true...

Quote: Anybody want a peanut?
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Quote: 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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You mean you'll put...

Quote: Get used to disappointment.
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Quote: Does it have any sports in it?
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Does it have any...

Quote: Love is many things none of them logical.
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Love is many things...

Quote: Sonny, don't you tell me what's worthwhile--true love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. Everybody knows that.
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Sonny, don't you tell...

Quote: 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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There have been five...

Quote: Look. (Grown-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 was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming.
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Look. (Grown-ups skip this...

Quote: And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: 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.
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And that's when she...

Quote: He held up a book then. I'm going to read it to you for relax.
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He held up a...

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

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