The Princess Bride
Author: William Goldman Category: Romance Published: September 1, 1973 Language: English File Size: 1.9 MB Tags: Adventure | comedy | Fairy Tales | Fantasy | Humor | novel | Romance | Science fiction |
Description:
Theme:
The Princess Bride by William Goldman, explores the theme of Love, Loyalty, and Friendship.
Summary:
Within the frame stories and in The Princess Bride itself, the novel’s characters are confronted with questions of what it means to be a good friend, parent, or partner. The Princess Bride is a love story between Westley and Buttercup.
Famous Quotes:
“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
“This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.”
“When I was your age, television was called books.”
″[L]ove is many things, none of them logical.”
“You see, there’s different kinds of dead: there’s sort of dead, mostly dead, and all dead.”
“You heard him—true love is what he wants to come back for. That’s certainly worthwhile.”
“I said I would not hurt him. But I never for a moment said he would not suffer pain. You will do the actual tormenting.”
“Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do. I know I cannot compete with the Countess in skills or wisdom or appeal, and I saw the way she looked at you. And I saw the way you looked at her.”
“Widows happen. Every day—don’t they, Your Highness?”
“There are no words to contain all my wisdom. I am so cunning, crafty and clever, so filled with deceit, guile and chicanery, such a knave, so shrewd, cagey as well as calculating, as diabolical as I am vulpine, as tricky as I am untrustworthy…”
“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.”
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