Quotes from William Goldman

We are one heartbeat," and she kissed him softly and said, "And will always be.

Fortunately for all concerned save the sharks, it was around this time that the moon came out. There she is, shouted the Sicilian, and like lightning the Spaniard turned the boat and as the boat drew close the Turk reached out a giant arm and then she was back in the safety of her murderers while all around them the sharks bumped each other in wild frustration.

Fezzik reached the top of the wall and started carefully climbing down the other side. I understand everything, he said. You understand nothing, but it really doesn't matter, since what you mean is, you're glad to see me, just as I'm glad to see you because no more loneliness. That's what I mean, said Fezzik.

Inigo looked at him. You mean you'll forgive me completely for saving your life if I completely forgive you for saving mine? You're my friend, my only one. Pathetic, that's what we are, Inigo said. Athletic.

It was all part of growing up. You got these little quick passions, you blinked, and they were gone. You forgave faults, found perfection, fell madly; then the next day the sun came up and it was over. Chalk it up to experience, old girl, and get on with the morning. Buttercup stood, made her bed, changed her clothes, combed her hair, smiled, and burst out again in a fit of weeping. Because there was a limit to just how much you could lie to yourself.

Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

Inigo stood still a moment, panting. Then he made a half turn in the direction of Count Rugen and executed a quick and well-formed bow. "Hello," he said. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

That explains it." Actually, of course, it didn't explain anything, but whenever doctors are confused about something, which is really more frequently than any of us would do well to think about, they always snatch at something in the vicinity of the case and add, "That explains it.

Why was it worth so much of your life?" "Because I could not fail him again." "Fail who?" "My father.

She had never looked as well. She had entered her room as just an impossibly lovely girl. The woman who emerged was a trifle thinner, a great deal wiser, an ocean sadder. This one understood the nature of pain, and beneath the glory of her features, there was character, and a sure knowledge of suffering.

This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)

You just keep thinking, Butch; that's what you're good at.

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.

I must know! Get used to disappointment.

Will you draw your sword with your free hand? I already have. Will you make a fist with yours? It's clenched.

He always felt better when he could dole out pain alone.

But my mind is like a thin line; it travels badly. I go from thought to thought but not with logic, and I forget things [...]

he didn't forget this either. He just didn't remember it in time. . . . 

But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.

he looked as much like Karl as Cuddles Sakall resembled Argentina Rocca.

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? It does seem a bit forward, the Prince admitted.

some of the wrong people die. Be ready for it. This isn't Curious George Uses the Potty.

Butch: Y'know, when I was a kid, I always figured on being a hero when I grew up. Sundance: Too late now. Butch: You didn't have to say that—what'd you have to say that for?

As long as you think you can fight your way out of trouble, you will never be able to fight your way out of trouble.