William Goldman, The Princess Bride

"Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)"

"When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it."

"Cynics are simply thwarted romantics."

"I am your Prince and you will marry me,"Humperdinck said.Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse.""I am you Prince and you cannot refuse.""I am your loyal servant and I just did.""Refusal means death.""Kill me then."

"Cynics are simply thwarted romantics."

"Who says life is fair, where is that written?"

"Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?"

"Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited."

"Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches."

"Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited."

"Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all."

"Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?"

"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.)"

"Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high."

"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."

"I am your Prince and you will marry me,"Humperdinck said.Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse.""I am you Prince and you cannot refuse.""I am your loyal servant and I just did.""Refusal means death.""Kill me then."

"Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."

"When I was your age, television was called books."

"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.)"

"We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."