William Goldman - The Princess Bride (1973)

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Let me get this thing straight, Inigo—we had SCRAPS for dinner? I'M in YOUR fantasy and the best you can come up with is SCRAPS?" She turned toward the door then. "You have no chance of winning my heart.

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Liar! Liar!" shrieked suddenly from the now open trap door. Miracle Max whirled. "Back, Witch—" he commanded. "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife—" she was advancing on him now, an ancient tiny fury—"and after what you've just done I don't think I want to be that any more—

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He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what.

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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.

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Everyone had told her, since she became a princess-in-training, that she was very likely the most beautiful woman in the world. Now she was going to be the richest and the most powerful as well. Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

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