340 Quotes by William Goldman

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    The only actual change that had come over him in the past years was that, for some reason, his impediment had gotten worse. “Mawidge,” he said. “Vewy old.

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    When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don’t count-I mean something with print in it.

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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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    What can I do to improve my personal appearance?” “Start by bathing,” her father said.

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    Let’s look on the bright side: we’re having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.

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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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    No one could be following us yet?” the Spaniard asked. “No one,” the Sicilian assured him. “It would be inconceivable.” “Absolutely inconceivable?” “Absolutely, totally, and, in all other ways, inconceivable,” the Sicilian reassured him. “Why do you ask?

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

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