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The truth,’ said Westley, ‘is that you would rather live with your prince than die with your love.’ ‘I would rather live than die, I admit it.’ ‘We are talking of love, madam.’ There was a long pause. Then Buttercup said it: ‘I can live without love.’ And with that she left Westley alone.

As long as you think you can fight your way out of trouble, you will never be able to fight your way out of trouble.

A sailor? A common sailor? A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? In-con-ceiv-a-ble. He must be the Dread Pirate Roberts. Otherwise it makes no sense.

Well, why didn’t you list that among our assets in the first place?

You just keep thinking, Butch; that’s what you’re good at.

He always avoided arrest, and everyone except Yellin thought Falkbridge must be bribing somebody. Yellin knew he was bribing somebody, since every month, rain or shine, Falkbridge came to Yellin’s house and gave him a sarchel full of money.

In the kitchen, Chub clung to the wall, made no sound whatsoever, but his mouth opened and closed, opened and closed, as he told himself, kept telling himself, that life was material, everything was material – you just had to live long enough to see how to use it.

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

It’s not important, believe me; the past has a way of being past.

There was no place to take him after Fezzik’s punch landed, except to his own bed, where he remained with his eyes shut for a day and a half, except for when the milkman came to fix his broken jaw – this was not before doctors, but in Turkey they hadn’t gotten around to claiming the bone business yet; milkmen still were in charge of bones, the logic being that since milk was so good for bones, who would know more about broken bones than a milkman?

The Serpent, to my interpretation, was pain.

This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. How is such a thing possible? I’ll do my best to explain.

I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.

Romance Quotes

At 8:23 there seemed every chance of a lasting alliance starting between Florin and Guilder. At 8:24 the two nations were very close to war.

May I please tell you something, Highness? You’re very cold – ” “I’m not – ” “ – very cold and very young, and if you live, I think you’ll turn to hoarfrost – ” “Why do you pick at me? 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 – ” Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.

Don’t expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

Fezzik’s in trouble, bubble bubble, His brain is just not in the pink, His mind is rubble, rub-a-dub double, Because everyone needs him to think.

For the pedant, dates are deities, worthy of worship, but for the true social historian, they are minutiae only, a shorthand, convenient reminders and no more. You do not ask a Titanic survivor, ‘Let me see now, just exactly when was that?’ You ask him this: ‘What was it like? How did you feel?’ And that is the job of the social historian: to make the past vibrant for the present; to emotionally involve those of us who were not there. And to make us understand.

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.

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.

I could feel almost my heart emptying into my pillow. Iguess the most amazing thing about crying though is that when you’re in it, you think it’ll go on forever but it never really lasts half what you think. Not in terms of real time.

I must know!” “Get used to disappointment.

I’m the Dread Pirate Roberts, but you can call me ‘Weasley.

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.

Do you love me, Westley? Is that it?” He couldn’t believe it. “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. If.

La vie imite l’art, l’art imite la vie; parfois je suis incapable de les distinguer.

I just know once you’re over your emotional outbursts, you’ll come up with-? I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something,? Westley said.

The easiest thing to do on earth is not write.

We have now decided that the poisoned cup is most likely in front of you. But the poison is powder made from iocane and iocane comes only from Australia and Australia, as everyone knows, is peopled with criminals and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as I don’t trust you, which means I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

God grant you your quota of smiles.

You have a dizzying intellect.

I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death, that’s all.

I seemed busy, busy, busy, but I suppose, if pressed, I might have admitted that, for all my frenzy, I was very much alone.

The only way forward is to never look back.

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.

I guess the most amazing thing about crying though is that when you’re in it, you think it’ll go on forever but it never really lasts half what you think. Not in terms of real time. In terms of real emotions, it’s worse than you think, but not by the clock.

Never argue with your wife about hostility when she’s a certified Freudian.

A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite.

If all that’s going on in your scenes is what’s going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

She had never looked as well. She had entered her room as just an impossibly lovely girl. The woman who emerged was a trifle thinner, a great deal wiser, an ocean sadder. This one understood the nature of pain, and beneath the glory of her features, there was character, and a sure knowledge of suffering.

The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary’s tragic flaw. Chocolate.

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.

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.

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless – and absolutely essential.

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

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.

You can never trust what you read.

Truth is terrific, reality is even better, but believability is the best of all.

Inside and out, Westley’s world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.

I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm.

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