William Goldman Quotations

Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation.

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.

Have fun storming the castle!

But just as he knew the sun was obliged to rise each morning in the east, no matter how much a western arisal might have pleased it, so he knew that Buttercup was obliged to spend her love on him. Gold was inviting, and so was royalty, but they could not match the fever in his heart, and sooner or later she would have to catch it. She had less choice than the sun.

Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.

My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!

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.

Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?" "I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people o die embarrassed.

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.