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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.)
From The Princess Bride
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Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
From The Princess Bride
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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
From Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
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I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. 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.
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Who says life is fair, where is that written?
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How bad are you?" she said.
"I am in something close to agony but we can talk about that later. Hurry now.
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Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
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Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
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Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
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We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
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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.
From The Princess Bride
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Now what happens?" asked the man in black.
"We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."
"You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?
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Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
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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.)
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The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors.
It's my letter,' she began. 'I cannot make it right.'
Come in, come in,' the Prince said gently. 'Maybe we can help you.' She sat down in the same chair as before. 'All right, I'll close my eyes and listen; read to me.'
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?
From The Princess Bride
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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.)
From The Princess Bride
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Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
From The Princess Bride
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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
From Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
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I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. 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.
From The Princess Bride
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Who says life is fair, where is that written?
From The Princess Bride
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How bad are you?" she said.
"I am in something close to agony but we can talk about that later. Hurry now.
From The Princess Bride
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Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
From The Princess Bride
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Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
From The Princess Bride
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Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
From The Princess Bride
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We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
From The Princess Bride
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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.
From The Princess Bride
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Now what happens?" asked the man in black.
"We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."
"You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?
From The Princess Bride
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Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
From The Princess Bride
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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.)
From The Princess Bride
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The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors.
It's my letter,' she began. 'I cannot make it right.'
Come in, come in,' the Prince said gently. 'Maybe we can help you.' She sat down in the same chair as before. 'All right, I'll close my eyes and listen; read to me.'
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?
From The Princess Bride
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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.)
From The Princess Bride
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Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
From The Princess Bride
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Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
From Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
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I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. 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.
From The Princess Bride
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Who says life is fair, where is that written?
From The Princess Bride
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How bad are you?" she said.
"I am in something close to agony but we can talk about that later. Hurry now.
From The Princess Bride
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Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
From The Princess Bride
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Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.
From The Princess Bride
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Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
From The Princess Bride
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We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
From The Princess Bride
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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.
From The Princess Bride
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Now what happens?" asked the man in black.
"We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."
"You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?
From The Princess Bride
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Westley: This is true love — you think this happens every day?
From The Princess Bride
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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.)
From The Princess Bride
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The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors.
It's my letter,' she began. 'I cannot make it right.'
Come in, come in,' the Prince said gently. 'Maybe we can help you.' She sat down in the same chair as before. 'All right, I'll close my eyes and listen; read to me.'
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?
From The Princess Bride
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