William Goldman: Trending quotes

“This was after stew. But then, so is everything. When the first man crawled out of the slime and went to make his home on land, what he had for dinner that night was stew.”

“My heart was now a secret garden and the walls were very high.”

“He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince.”

“Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.
Valerie: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.”

“When I was your age, television was called books.”

“Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.”

“Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.”

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

“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!”

“Who says life is fair, where is that written?”

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

“Love is many things none of them logical.”

“True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.”

“Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.”

“Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.”

“Who are you?"
"No one of consequence."
"I must know."
"Get used to disappointment.”

“I am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said.
Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse."
"I am you Prince and you cannot refuse."
"I am your loyal servant and I just did."
"Refusal means death."
"Kill me then.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)”

“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.”