The Princess Bride 1987 quotes

Grandson

He'll pinch my cheek. I hate that.

Grandson

Hold it, hold it! What is this? Are you tryin' to trick me? Where's the sports? Is this a kissing book?

Impressive Clergyman

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…Have you the wing?

Miracle Max

You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.

Your true love lives and you marry another — True love saved her in the Fire Swamp, and she treated it like garbage. And that's what she is, the Queen of Refuse! So, bow down to her if you want. Bow to her. Bow to the Queen of Slime, the Queen of Filth, the Queen of Putrescence. Boo! Boo! Rubbish! Filth! Slime! Muck! Boo! Boo!

Valerie

Chocolate coating makes it go down easier.

We'll never survive!

Westley

Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has.

I know who you are. Your cruelty reveals everything! You're the Dread Pirate Roberts; admit it!

With pride! What can I do for you?

You can die slowly, cut into a thousand pieces.

Hardly complimentary, Your Highness. Why loose your venom on me?

You killed my love.

It's possible; I kill a lot of people. Who was this love of yours? Another Prince, like this one, ugly, rich, and scabby? [sits down nearby]

No. A farm boy. [gazing off into space in remembrance] Poor. Poor and perfect, with eyes like the sea after a storm. [pauses briefly, then focuses back on the Man in Black] On the high seas, your ship attacked, and the Dread Pirate Roberts never takes prisoners.

I can't afford to make exceptions. Once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey you, and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time.

You mock my pain!

Life is pain, Highness! Anyone who says differently is selling something. [gets up and wanders around near Buttercup] I remember this farm boy of yours, I think. This would be, what, five years ago? Does it bother you to hear?

Nothing you can say will upset me.

He died well, that should please you. No bribe attempts or blubbering. He simply said, "Please. Please, I need to live." It was the "please" that caught my memory. I asked him what was so important for him. "True love," he replied. And then he spoke of a girl of surpassing beauty and faithfulness. I can only assume he meant you. You should bless me for destroying him before he found out what you really are.

And what am I?

Faithfulness he talked of, madam, your enduring faithfulness! Now, tell me truly. When you found out he was gone, did you get engaged to your prince that same hour, or did you wait a whole week out of respect for the dead?

You mocked me once, never do it again! I died that day!

And you can die too for all I care! [pushes him down the hill]

Aaaass yooooouuu wiiiiish!

Oh, my sweet Westley, what have I done? [jumps down the hill after him]

If you'll release me ... whatever you ask for ransom, you'll get it, I promise you...

And what is that worth, the promise of a woman? You're very funny, Highness.

I was giving you a chance! It does not matter where you take me. There's no greater hunter than Prince Humperdinck. He could track a falcon on a cloudy day. He can find you.

You think your dearest love will save you?

I never said he was my dearest love! And yes, he will save me. That I know.

You admit to me you do not love your fiance?

He knows I do not love him.

"Are not capable of love" is what you mean.

I have loved more deeply than a killer like yourself could ever dream!

That was a warning, Highness. The next time, my hand flies on its own. Where I come from, there are penalties when a woman lies.

Oh, Westley, will you ever forgive me?

Westley

What hideous sin have you committed lately?

I got married. I didn't want to. It all happened so fast.

Westley

It never happened.

What?

Westley

It never happened.

But it did. I was there. This old man said, "Man and wife."

Westley

Did you say, "I do"?

No. We sort of skipped that part.

Westley

Then you're not married. If you didn't say it, you didn't do it.

Count Rugen

Are you coming down into the Pit? Westley's got his strength back. I am starting him on The Machine tonight.

Humperdinck

Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work. But, I've got my country's five hundredth anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it. I'm swamped.

Count Rugen

Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything.

Count Rugen

Your princess is quite a winning creature. A trifle simple, perhaps. Her appeal is undeniable.

Humperdinck

I know, the people are quite taken with her. It's odd, but when I hired Vizzini to have her murdered on our engagement day, I thought that was clever. But it's going to be so much more moving when I strangle her on our wedding night. Once Guilder is blamed, the nation will truly be outraged - they'll demand we go to war.

Count Rugen

Now where is that secret knot? It's impossible to find... [finds it and the tree opens to reveal the passage into the pit] Ah. Are you coming down into the pit? Wesley's got his strength back. I'm starting him on the machine tonight.

Humperdinck

Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work...but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped.

Count Rugen

Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, then you haven't got anything. [smiles at Prince Humperdinck]

Fezzik

Inigo! Inigo! Where are you? [Inigo appears at the window] Ah, there you are. Inigo, I saw the Prince's stables, and there they were, four white horses. And I thought, there are four of us, if we ever find the lady. [Buttercup appears at the window] Hello, lady! So I took them with me, in case we ever bumped into each other. I guess we just did.

Inigo Montoya

Fezzik, you did something right.

Fezzik

Don't worry. I won't let it go to my head.

Fezzik

Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid, or something like that?

Oh no. It's just that they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

Grandfather

They rode to freedom. And as dawn arose, Westley and Buttercup knew they were safe. A wave of love swept over them. And as they reached for each other... [closes the book]

Grandson

What? What?

Grandfather

Nah, it's kissing again. You don't want to hear it.

I don't mind so much.

Grandfather

Okay. [opens the book again] Since the invention of the kiss, there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind. [closes the book] The End.