The Princess Bride Quotes

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  • The Princess Bride is a romantic comedy adventure film and book written by William Goldman.

    1. Author: William Goldman
    2. Book Release Date: 1973
    3. Film Director: Rob Reiner
    4. Film Release Date: 1987
    5. Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Wallace Shawn
    6. Rating: PG

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  • The Princes Bride Book Quotes

      • "There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C...(before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy...Well, this one left them all behind." -Chapter One
      • "Death cannot stop true love, only delay it for a while." -Chapter Two
      • 'The Prince and I have never from the beginning lied to each other. He knows I do not love him.'
      • 'Are not capable of love is what you mean.'
      • 'I'm very capable of love,' Buttercup said.
      • 'Hold your tongue, I think.'
      • 'I have loved more deeply than a killer like you can possibly imagine.'
      • He slapped her. Buttercup and The Man in Black-Chapter Five
      • "Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous in 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.'"
      • He was quite cheery until the iocane powder took effect. -Vizzini, Chapter Five
      • "Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love, and you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords." -Buttercup, Chapter Six
      • "There's nothing in the world greater than true love,except a nice MLT--mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, when the mutton is nice and lean and the lettuce is crispy..." -Miracle Max, Chapter Seven
      • "Hello," he said. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Inigo Montoya
      • "I think you're bluffing."
      • "It's possible, Pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. But, then again... perhaps I have the strength after all." -Prince Humperdink and Westley, Chapter Eight


      • "As to Inigo's personal life, he was always just a trifle hungry, he had no brothers or sisters, and his mother had died in childbirth. He was fantastically happy. Because of his father. Domingo Montoya was funny-looking and crotchety and impatient and absent-minded and never smiled. Inigo loved him. Totally. Don't ask why. There really wasn't any one reason you could put your finger on. Oh, probably Domingo loved him back, but love is many things, none of them logical." -Narrator
      • "Max had married Valerie back a million years ago, it seemed like, at Miracle School, where she worked as a potion ladler. She wasn't, of course, a witch, but when Max started practice, every miracle man had to have one, so, since Valerie didn't mind, he called her a witch in public and she learned enough of the trade to pass herself off as one under pressure." -Narrator

  • The Princess Bride Movie Quotes

      • The Grandson: A book?
      • Grandpa: That's right. When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today I'm gonna read it to you.
      • The Grandson: Has it got any sports in it?
      • Grandpa: Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...
      • The Grandson: Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake.
      • Grandpa: Oh, well, thank you very much, very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming.
      • Grandpa: She doesn't get eaten by the eels at this time.
      • The Grandson: What?
      • Grandpa: The eel doesn't get her. I'm explaining because you look nervous.
      • The Grandson: I wasn't nervous. Maybe I was a little bit "concerned" but that's not the same thing.
      • Buttercup: You can die too for all I care. [pushes him down a high hill]
      • Westley: AS... YOU... WISH.
      • Buttercup: Oh my sweet Westley what have I done? [throws herself down the hill]
      • Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?
      • Buttercup: Well... you were dead.
      • Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
      • Buttercup: I will never doubt again.
      • Westley: There will never be a need.
      • Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.
      • Fezzik: Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.
      • Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no *harm*.
      • Fezzik: He's really very short on *charm*.
      • Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for rhyme.
      • Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.
      • Vizzini: Enough of that.
      • Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
      • Fezzik: If there are, we all be dead.
      • Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it.
      • Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?
      • Vizzini: DYEEAAHHHHHH.
      • Inigo Montoya: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.
      • Westley: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.
      • Westley: Why can't I move? Why am I up against this wall?
      • Fezzik: You've been mostly-dead all day.
      • Miracle Max: Have fun stormin' da castle.
      • Valerie: Think it'll work?
      • Miracle Max: It would take a miracle.


      • "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." -Westley
      • "Fezzik! Listen. Do you hear? That is the sound of ultimate suffering. My heart made that sound when Rugen slaughtered my father. The Man in Black makes it now." -Inigo Montoya
      • "It's not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise." -Fezzik
      • "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia; but only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!"
      • "You truly love each other, and so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the storybooks say. And so I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will." -Prince Humperdink
      • "You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. It's simply incredible. Have you been chasing me your whole life only to fail now? I think that's the worst thing I ever heard. How marvelous." -Count Rugen
      • "Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethew today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wove, twue wove, wiww fowwow you fowevah and evah... So tweasuwe youw wove..." -Impressive Clergyman


      • "I won't be seeing you again, since I'm killing myself once we reach the honeymoon suite." -Buttercup to the king
      • "You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles." -Miracle Max
      • "We are men of action, lies do not become us." -Westley
      • Inigo Montoya: I donna suppose you could espeed things up?
      • Westley: If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.
      • Inigo Montoya: I could do that. I have some rope up here, but I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only only waiting around to kill you.
      • Westley: That does put a damper on our relationship.
      • Buttercup: We'll never succeed. We may as well die here.
      • Westley: No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurt - no problem. There's a popping sound preceding each; we can avoid that. Two, the lightning sand, which you were clever enough to discover what that looks like, so in the future we can avoid that too.
      • Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?
      • Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

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