The Grandfather (narrator)

Character in The Princess Bride From: The Princess Bride

The framing narrator offering wisdom and asides about the story

150 quotes

"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
Love
"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."
Love
"For the next few years, this man was inconsolable."
"There is a terrible way ahead."
Adventure
"The Pit of Despair. You must learn to live in it."
Wisdom
"True love does not die."
Love
"Life is too short for enemies."
Wisdom
"This is true love."
Love
"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
Love
"Since the invention of the kiss, there have been only five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind."
Love
"A man in a black mask in the middle of the forest, looking for love."
Adventure
"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."
Love
"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
Love
"Surrender! Surrender!"
Humor
"Now, the most important thing is the realism."
Truth
"The princess is in the castle in the sea."
Adventure
"Do you know why he is such a bad actor?"
Humor
"The important thing is the truth."
Wisdom
"Love is many things, but it is never weak."
Love
"Since the invention of the kiss."
Love
"The most important thing is true love."
Love
"This is true love."
Love
"Since the invention of the kiss, there have been only five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind."
Love
"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
Love
"Think of the most beautiful thing in the world. It is probably not that. But this is."
Beauty
"Life is not a fairytale. Sometimes people die, sometimes they disappoint you."
Wisdom
"A man in black is not easily followed."
Adventure
"The flame is pure, but it destroys everything it touches."
Power
"She will never doubt again. That is the most important thing."
Faith
"Death is the only certain thing in life."
Death