Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
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William Goldman
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William Goldman currently has 80 indexed quotes and 6 linked works on QuoteMust. This page is the canonical destination for that author archive.
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Adventures in the Screen Trade
Adventures In The Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood
Marathon Man
The Princess Bride
The Silent Gondoliers
William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays
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Is this a kissing book?
Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming.
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
You could concentrate much more deeply when you were alone with agony.
Who are you?""No one of consequence.""I must know.""Get used to disappointment.
We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
Buttercup dried her tears and began to smile. She took a deep breath, heaved a sigh. 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.