340 Quotes by William Goldman


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    May I please tell you something, Highness? You’re very cold – ” “I’m not – ” “ – very cold and very young, and if you live, I think you’ll turn to hoarfrost – ” “Why do you pick at me? I have come to terms with my life, and that is my affair – I am not cold, I swear, but I have decided certain things, it is best for me to ignore emotion; I have not been happy dealing with it – ” Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.

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    The sun was rising behind her now; she could feel the heat on her back, and it gave her courage.

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    Truth is terrific, reality is even better, but believability is the best of all.

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    I don’t guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.

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    You mock my pain! Life is pain, anyone who says otherwise is obviously selling something!

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    The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it.

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