William Goldman wrote the fantasy romance novel ‘The Princess Bride’.
It tells the story of Buttercup and Westley, two loves who go on an adventure packed with pirates, princesses, giants, and other characters.
We have chosen some of the top quotes from The Princess Bride book for you.
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The Princess Bride Quotes by William Goldman
“Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“There is no room in my body for anything but you.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Dummy, dummy, go out now and fill your tummy.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“I could give you my word as a Spaniard,” Inigo said.
“No good,” the man in black replied. “I’ve known too many Spaniards.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
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Best The Princess Bride Quotes by William Goldman
“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 (The Princess Bride).
“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“There’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“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 Princess Bride).
“I don’t guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“The Queen’s Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I’m not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there’s a lot of bad stuff coming.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
Quotes from The Princess Bride
“Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“My heart was now a secret garden and the walls were very high.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“This was after stew. But then, so is everything. When the first man crawled out of the slime and went to make his home on land, what he had for dinner that night was stew.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Westley and I are joined by the bond of love and you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Inigo Montoya: He’s right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“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.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Let’s look on the bright side: we’re having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
Top The Princess Bride Quotes
“When I was your age, television was called books.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Love is many things none of them logical.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You think this is a trap then?” the Count asked.
“I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise,” the Prince answered. “Which is why I’m still alive.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Just because you’re beautiful and perfect, it’s made you conceited.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Who says life is fair, where is that written?” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Inconceivable!”
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“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.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You are wonderful, Father.” “I’m more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
Great The Princess Bride Quotes
“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“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.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You could concentrate much more deeply when you were alone with agony.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You’re an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance,” Domingo said.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
Profound The Princess Bride Quotes
“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.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.” ~ William Goldman, The Princess Bride.
“Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary’s tragic flaw. Chocolate.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“I’m not witch. I’m your wife.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You seem a decent fellow,” Inigo said. “I hate to kill you.”
You seem a decent fellow,” answered the man in black. “I hate to die.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“Who are you?”
“No one of consequence.”
“I must know.”
“Get used to disappointment.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“You mock my pain! Life is pain, anyone who says otherwise is obviously selling something!” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
“I’ll tell you the truth and its up to you to live with it.” ~ William Goldman (The Princess Bride).
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