Famous Quotes from William Goldman

William Goldman quote #43 from The Princess Bride

The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors.Its my letter she began. I cannot make it right.Come in come in the Prince said gently. Maybe we can help you. She sat down in the same chair as before. All right Ill close my eyes and listen read to me.Westley my passion my sweet my only my own. Come back come back. I shall kill myself otherwise. Yours in torment Buttercup. She looked at Humperdinck. Well Do you think Im throwing myself at him
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William Goldman quote #127 from The Princess Bride

Do you love me Westley Is that itHe couldnt believe it. Do I love you My God if your love were a grain of sand mine would be a universe of beaches. If your love wereI dont understand the first one yet Buttercup interrupted. She was starting to get very excited now. Let me get this straight. Are you saying my love is the size of a grain of sand and yours is this other thing Images just confuse me sois this universal business of yours bigger than my sand Help me Westley. I have the feeling were on the verge of something just terribly important.I have stayed these years in my hovel because of you. I have taught myself languages because of you. I have made my body strong because I thought you might be pleased by a strong body. I have lived my life with only the prayer that some sudden dawn you might glance in my direction. I have not known a moment in years when the sight of you did not send my heart careening against my rib cage. I have not known a night when your visage did not accompany me to sleep. There has not been a morning when you did not flutter behind my waking eyelids.Is any of this getting through to you Buttercup or do you want me to go on for a whileNever stop.There has not beenIf youre teasing me Westley Im just going to kill you.How can you even dream I might be teasingWell you havent once said you loved me.Thats all you need Easy. I love you. Okay Want it louder I love you. Spell it out should I I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward You love I.You are teasing now arent youA little maybe Ive been saying it so long to you you just wouldnt listen. Every time you said Farm boy do this you thought I was answering As you wish but thats only because you were hearing wrong. I love you was what it was but you never heard and you never heard.
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William Goldman quote #301 from The Princess Bride

I love you Buttercup said. I know this must come as something of a surprise to you since all Ive ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you but I have loved you for several hours now and every second more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that did you know Well they are. How many minutes ago was I Twenty Had I brought my feelings up to then It doesnt matter. Buttercup still could not look at him. The sun was rising behind her now she could feel the heat on her back and it gave her courage. I love you so much more now than twenty minutes ago that there cannot be comparison. I love you so much more now then when you opened your hovel door there cannot be comparison. There is no room in my body for anything but you. My arms love you my ears adore you my knees shake with blind affection. My mind begs you to ask it something so it can obey. Do you want me to follow you for the rest of your days I will do that. Do you want me to crawl I will crawl. I will be quiet for you or sing for you or if you are hungry let me bring you food or if you have thirst and nothing will quench it but Arabian wine I will go to Araby even though it is across the world and bring a bottle back for your lunch. Anything there is that I can do for you I will do for you anything there is that I cannot do I will learn to do. I know I cannot compete with the Countess in skills or wisdom or appeal and I saw the way she looked at you. And I saw the way you looked at her. But remember please that she is old and has other interests while I am seventeen and for me there is only you. Dearest Westley--Ive never called you that before have I--Westley Westley Westley Westley Westley--darling Westley adored Westley sweet perfect Westley whisper that I have a chance to win your love. And with that she dared the bravest thing shed ever done she looked right into his eyes.
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