340 Quotes by William Goldman

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    Wide brimmed and narrow, some tall, some not, some fancy, some colorful, some plaid, some plain. She doted on changing hats at every opportunity. When she met the Prince, she was wearing one hat, when he asked her for a stroll, she excused herself, shortly to return wearing another, equally flattering.

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    —La vida es puro sufrimiento —le decía su madre—. Y quien te diga lo contrario es porque te quiere vender algo.

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    [...] la vida no es justa. Le decimos a nuestros hijos que sí lo es, pero eso es una barbaridad. No sólo es una mentira, sino que es una mentira cruel. La vida no es justa, nunca lo ha sido y nunca lo será.

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    Westley: Hear this now: I will always come for you.Buttercup: But how can you be sure?Westley: This is true love-you think this happens every day?Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?Buttercup: Well...you were dead.Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.Buttercup: i will never doubt again.Westley: There will never be a need.

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    Butch: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.Guard: People kept robbing it.Butch: Small price to pay for beauty.

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    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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    You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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