“Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.”
Terry Pratchett book Carpe Jugulum
Source: Carpe Jugulum
“Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do.”
— William Goldman, book The Princess Bride
Source: The Princess Bride
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