340 Quotes by William Goldman

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    I’m the Dread Pirate Roberts, but you can call me ‘Weasley.

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    The new doctors all agreed on various tried-and-true medications, and within forty-eight hours of their coming on the case, the King was dead.

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    I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. 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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    If all that’s going on in your scenes is what’s going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

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    He always avoided arrest, and everyone except Yellin thought Falkbridge must be bribing somebody. Yellin knew he was bribing somebody, since every month, rain or shine, Falkbridge came to Yellin’s house and gave him a sarchel full of money.

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    Jelenka Harvey Harcourt Trade Publishers 15 East 26th Street New York, NY 10010.

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    We have now decided that the poisoned cup is most likely in front of you. But the poison is powder made from iocane and iocane comes only from Australia and Australia, as everyone knows, is peopled with criminals and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as I don’t trust you, which means I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

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    I just know once you’re over your emotional outbursts, you’ll come up with-? I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something,? Westley said.

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