340 Quotes by William Goldman

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    With any luck at all,” he said, “we should soon be safely in the Fire Swamp.

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    You’re right,” the Turk agreed, staring back. “He isn’t gaining on us. He’s just getting closer, that’s all.

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    Buttercup’s parents did not have exactly what you might call a happy marriage. All they ever dreamed of was leaving each other.

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    She does not get eaten by the sharks at this time,” my father said. I looked up at him. “What?” “You looked like you were getting too involved and bothered so I thought I would let you relax.

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    Just because you’re beautiful and perfect, it’s made you conceited.

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    Do you love me, Westley? Is that it?” He couldn’t believe it. “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. If.

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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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