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The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride
William Goldman

The Princess Bride is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is presented as an abridgment of a longer work by S. Morgenstern, and Goldman's "commentary" asides are constant throughout. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, then later by Random House, while in the United Kingdom it was later published by Bloomsbury.

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“Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.”

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“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.”

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“Enough about my beauty," Buttercup said. "Everybody always talks about how beautiful I am. I've got a mind, Westley. Talk about that.”

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

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“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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“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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“Dummy, dummy, go out now and fill your tummy.”

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“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.”

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“I'm not witch. I'm your wife.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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

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

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“Have fun storming the castle!”

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

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