The Princess Bride Quotes
Fantasy books, American novels
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“"Hello," he said. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."”
“Wikipedia: The Princess Bride”
“But my father only read me the action stuff, the good parts. He never bothered with the serious side at all.”
“"The battle of wits has begun," said the man in black. "It ends when you decide and we drink and find out who is right and who is dead."”
“But from a narrative point of view, in 105 pages nothing happens. ''Except this: 'What with one thing and another, three years passed.'''”
“[Buttercup] "I'll never love you."
[Humperdinck] "I wouldn't want it if I had it."
"Then by all means let us marry."”
“Prince Humperdinck actually ran things. If there had been a Europe, he would have been the most powerful man in it. Even as it was, nobody within a thousand miles wanted to mess with him.”
“Anyway, here's the "good parts" version. S. Morgenstern wrote it. And my father read it to me. And now I give it to you. What you do with it will be of more than passing interest to us all.”
“"Your father has had his annual physical," the Count said. "I have the report."
"And?"
"Your father is dying."
"Drat!" said the Prince. "That means I shall have to get married."”
“Even today, that's how I summon back my father when the need arises. Slumped and squinting and halting over words, giving me Morgenstern's masterpiece as best he could. The Princess Bride belonged to my father.”
“There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C. ... (before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy...Well, this one left them all behind.”
“Hunting was [Humperdinck's] love.
Once he was determined, once he had focused on an object, the Prince was relentless. He never tired, never wavered, neither ate nor slept. It was death chess and he was international grand master.”
“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.”
“"I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love you' was what it was, but you never heard."”
“"It comes to this," Buttercup began. "In the Fire Swamp I made the worst mistake in all the world. I love Westley. I always have. It seems I always will...I mean this now too: if you say I must marry you in fifty days I will be dead by morning."”
“[Princess Buttercup is walking among her people for the first time.]
But -
- in the farthest corner of the Great Square -
- in the highest building in the land -
- deep in the deepest shadow -
- the man in black stood waiting.”
“While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining...down went the man in black..." And you can die too for all I care!" she said, and then she turned away.
Words followed her. Whispered from afar, weak and warm and familiar. "As...you...wish..."”
“"I loved once," Buttercup said after a moment. "It worked out badly."
"Another rich man? Yes, and he left you for a richer woman."
"No. Poor. Poor and it killed him."
"Were you sorry? Did you feel pain? Admit that you felt nothing -"
"You mock my pain! I died that day."”
“"Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.'"
He was quite cheery until the iocane powder took effect.”