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William Goldman quotes

American Novelist August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018

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William Goldman quote: "Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely..."
Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning. William Goldman
William Goldman quote: "There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a..."
There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them. William Goldman
William Goldman quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. William Goldman
William Goldman quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. William Goldman
William Goldman quote: "I don't like killing a girl," the Spaniard said."God does it..."
I don't like killing a girl," the Spaniard said."God does it all the time; if it doesn't bother Him, don't let it worry you. William Goldman
Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one. William Goldman
Westley closed his eyes. There was pain coming and he had to be ready for it. He had to prepare his brain, he had to get his mind controlled and safe from their efforts, so that they could not break him. He would not let them break him. He would hold together against anything and all. If only they gave him sufficient time to make ready, he knew he could defeat pain. It turned out they gave him sufficient time (it was months before the Machine was ready).But they broke him anyway. William Goldman
Let me get this thing straight, Inigo--we had SCRAPS for dinner? I'M in YOUR fantasy and the best you can come up with is SCRAPS?" She turned toward the door then. "You have no chance of winning my heart. William Goldman
Wesley: To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right. Prince Humperdink: And then my ears, I understand let's get on with it. Wesley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries... William Goldman
Chapter One. The Bride." He held up the book then. "I'm reading it to you for relax." He practically shoved the book in my face. "By S. Morgenstern. Great Florinese writer. The Princess Bride. He too came to America. S. Morgenstern. Dead now in New York. The English is his own. He spoke eight tongues." Here my father put down the book and held up all his fingers. "Eight. Once in Florin City... William Goldman
Enough about my beauty," Buttercup said. "Everybody always talks about how beautiful I am. I've got a mind, Westley. Talk about that. William Goldman
The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors. It's 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, I'll 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 I'm throwing myself at him? William Goldman
William Goldman quote: "Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you..."
Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited. William Goldman
William Goldman quote: "How can the removal of beauty from a world so lacking in..."
How can the removal of beauty from a world so lacking in beauty be anything but tragic? William Goldman
The tears that kept Buttercup company the remainder of the day were not at all like those that had blinded her into the tree trunk. Those were noisy and hot; they pulsed. These were silent and steady and all they did was remind her that she wasn’t good enough. She was seventeen, and every male she’d ever known had crumbled at her feet and it meant nothing. The one time it really mattered, she wasn’t good enough. William Goldman

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