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| bdbdf53 | She had never looked as well. She had entered her room as just an impossibly lovely girl. The woman who emerged was a trifle thinner, a great deal wiser, an ocean sadder. This one understood the nature of pain, and beneath the glory of her features, there was character, and a sure knowledge of suffering. | heartbreak loss love melancholy pain sorrow suffering | William Goldman | |
| 2c4bb33 | Will you draw your sword with your free hand? | William Goldman | ||
| d354dab | The new doctors all agreed on various tried-and-true medications, and within forty-eight hours of their coming on the case, the King was dead. | William Goldman | ||
| a76d2e7 | Every night for the next year he always said something like that to me: 'Thank you for everything, Westley, good night now, I'll probably kill you in the morning. | William Goldman | ||
| 21ea7d3 | I'm not about to argue with a full professor, but if you ever have a really unbreakable case of insomnia, do yourself a favor and start reading Chapter Three of the uncut version. | William Goldman | ||
| bfb4985 | Pues yo me hago tres preguntas muy simples: ?Como ha obtenido ese poder? ?Como lo esta utilizando? Y: ?como se le puede arrebatar al muy hijo de puta? | poder power spanish | David Mitchell | |
| a4805f2 | Has it got any sports in it?" "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles." "Sounds okay," I said, and I kind of closed my eyes. "I'll do my best to stay awake . . . but I'm awful sleepy, Daddy . . . ." Who can .. | William Goldman | ||
| 16fb51f | With any luck at all," he said, "we should soon be safely in the Fire Swamp." | William Goldman | ||
| 8ff721f | What with one thing and another, three years passed. | William Goldman | ||
| 76308b6 | We are one heartbeat," and she kissed him softly and said, "And will always be." | William Goldman | ||
| fa6c8e9 | Fortunately for all concerned save the sharks, it was around this time that the moon came out. "There she is," shouted the Sicilian, and like lightning the Spaniard turned the boat and as the boat drew close the Turk reached out a giant arm and then she was back in the safety of her murderers while all around them the sharks bumped each other in wild frustration." | William Goldman | ||
| e3212c4 | INIGO WAS IN Despair. Hard to find on the map (this was after maps) not because cartographers didn't know of its existence, but because when they visited to measure its precise dimensions, they became so depressed they began to drink and question everything, most notably why would anyone want to be something as stupid as a cartographer? It required constant travel, no one ever knew your name, and, most of all, since wars were always changin.. | William Goldman | ||
| c2a897c | Fezzik reached the top of the wall and started carefully climbing down the other side. "I understand everything," he said. "You understand nothing, but it really doesn't matter, since what you mean is, you're glad to see me, just as I'm glad to see you because no more loneliness." "That's what I mean," said Fezzik." | William Goldman | ||
| 4c5d9ac | For there was now a wall of trees blocking any progress- -and Inigo would not stop bleeding- -and Westley would not start breathing- -and Buttercup would not stop staring at him, her face lit with the hope that of all the creatures left stomping the earth, he, Fezzik, was the only one that could save her beloved and thereby stop her heart from shredding. Fezzik at this heroic moment knew what he wanted most to do: suck his thumb forever. Bu.. | William Goldman | ||
| 81fee5d | Inigo looked at him. "You mean you'll forgive me completely for saving your life if I completely forgive you for saving mine?" "You're my friend, my only one." "Pathetic, that's what we are," Inigo said. "Athletic." | William Goldman | ||
| c461aaf | That explains it." Actually, of course, it didn't explain anything, but whenever doctors are confused about something, which is really more frequently than any of us would do well to think about, they always snatch at something in the vicinity of the case and add, "That explains it." | William Goldman | ||
| dbd4f02 | There's death coming up, and you better understand this: some of the wrong people die. Be ready for it. This isn't Curious George Uses the Potty. | William Goldman | ||
| 31c95f2 | Why was it worth so much of your life?" "Because I could not fail him again." "Fail who?" "My father." | William Goldman | ||
| e905e5f | He always felt better when he could dole out pain alone. | William Goldman | ||
| 636ae67 | But my mind is like a thin line; it travels badly. I go from thought to thought but not with logic, and I forget things [...] | William Goldman | ||
| 1c9ee62 | he didn't forget this either. He just didn't remember it in time. . . . | William Goldman | ||
| 8bd4d8f | But this is life on earth, you can't have everything. | William Goldman | ||
| e216cd8 | You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." "You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die." -- | William Goldman | ||
| a80e89b | You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance, | William Goldman | ||
| d10840b | It's not important, believe me; the past has a way of being past. | William Goldman | ||
| 108cb02 | God grant you your quota of smiles. | smiles smiling | William Goldman | |
| 43d0a18 | Guess?" Vizzini cried. "I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess." | William Goldman | ||
| 0dcfeab | We are men of action. Lies do not become us. | men-of-action the-princess-bride | William Goldman | |
| 3297807 | That's all you need? Easy. I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I love you. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I. | romance the-princess-bride westley | William Goldman | |
| 9170e50 | It was all part of growing up. You got these little quick passions, you blinked, and they were gone. You forgave faults, found perfection, fell madly; then the next day the sun came up and it was over. Chalk it up to experience, old girl, and get on with the morning. Buttercup stood, made her bed, changed her clothes, combed her hair, smiled, and burst out again in a fit of weeping. Because there was a limit to just how much you could lie t.. | William Goldman | ||
| 1b45ec1 | Be careful, this is the greatest fencer since the death of the Wizard of Corsica. Do not burgle. | William Goldman | ||
| 91b90b6 | Don't give in to doubt. Never be discouraged if your first draft isn't what you thought it would be. Given skill and a story that compels you, muster your determination and make what's on the page closer to what you have in your mind. The chances are that you'll never make them identical. That's one reason I'm still hitting the keyboard. Obsessed by the secrets of my past, I try to put metaphorical versions of them on the page, but each tim.. | writing-advice writing-craft writing-life writing-process | David Morrell | |
| b130f56 | So they spread the paintings on the lawn, and the boy explained each of them. "This is the school, and this is the playground, and these are my friends." He stared at the paintings for a long time and then shook his head in discouragement. "In my mind, they were a whole lot better." Isn't that the truth? Every morning, I go to my desk and reread yesterday's pages, only to be discouraged that the prose isn't as good as it seemed during the e.. | writing-advice writing-craft writing-life writing-process | David Morrell | |
| af7e98b | Fasting is the only method of suicide permitted by the Catholic Church. All other ways imply despair, a distrust of God's wisdom, an unwillingness to bear the hardships with which God tests his children. An absolute sin, suicide's punishment is eternal damnation in the fires of Hell. But fasting is undertaken for the purpose of penance, meditation, and spiritual ecstasy. It purifies the spirit by denying the body. It brings a soul closer to.. | David Morrell | ||
| 617c747 | We act upon assumptions that control our view of reality, even though reality might be quite different... By definition, what is unthinkable isn't part of our reality... your assumptions about what is possible prevent you from accurately seeing the reality before you. | David Morrell | ||
| 376ad84 | All the literature of this century is somewhat burdened by the theme of uprootedness. | Reinaldo Arenas | ||
| 81ad479 | Que pasa, que pasa. Y no senti miedo. Y no senti tristeza. Y no senti nada. Porque todo eso lo habia sentido tanto que ya ni cuenta me daba si era que siempre lo estaba sintiendo o si ya no lo podia volver a sentir aunque quisiera. | Reinaldo Arenas | ||
| cf77c5c |
Yo recuerdo que, cuando llegue a Estados Unidos, un cubano en Washington me dijo lo siguiente: < |
Reinaldo Arenas | ||
| 92697be | Los dictadores y los regimenes autoritarios pueden destruir a los escritores de dos modos: persiguiendolos o colmandolos de prebendas oficiales. | Reinaldo Arenas | ||
| 461ea6d | My sexual activity was all with animals. First there were the hens, then the goats and the sows, and after I had grown up some more, the mares. | Reinaldo Arenas | ||
| 0f0e6f7 | Carroting, you must understand, was a process by which animal fur is bathed in a solution of mercury nitrate, in order to render the hairs more supple, thus producing a superior felt." At this last word, he threw a significant glance in my direction. "Felt," I repeated. "You mean, for the making of hats?" "Precisely. The solution is of an orange colour, hence the term carroting. However, this process had rather severe side effects on those .. | Douglas Preston | ||
| 747b934 | There's a respected theory in astronomy called Panspermia," Glinn finally continued. "It holds that life may have spread through the galaxy in bacteria or spores carried on meteorites or in clouds of dust. But" | Douglas Preston | ||
| 6674849 | While dead men tell no tales, their corpses often speak volumes. | Douglas Preston | ||
| 63ec607 | But all was not well; a creeping rot--environmental, economic, and social--had been undermining its society for some time and would eventually lead to destruction. | Douglas Preston |