The Princess Bride

Book · 6 characters · 624 quotes · 1973

Quotes from The Princess Bride

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"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Inigo Montoya
V
"Inconceivable!"
Vizzini Humor
T
"Murder! Political sickness, followed by death!"
The Grandfather (narrator) Humor
W
"I'd have to be the Dread Pirate Roberts to forget such a thing."
Westley
W
"We are men of action. Lies do not become us."
Westley Truth
T
"The Zoo of Death is the place where the most dangerous people in the world are kept."
The Grandfather (narrator) Fear
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"I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your barging in, but I'm afraid you're too late."
Prince Humperdinck Power
T
"Since the invention of the iocane powder, the frontier's been a lot more dangerous."
The Grandfather (narrator) Adventure
M
"Surrender! Here come the machine-gun emplacements!"
Miracle Max Humor
V
"Young Turks are terrible shots. I've never been hit yet."
Vizzini Humor
M
"Is this a trick question?"
Miracle Max Humor
W
"Beloved, let me give you the ten thousand things."
Westley Love
I
"To the death!"
Inigo Montoya Courage
I
"I am waiting here very patiently."
Inigo Montoya Patience
I
"Have you considered that perhaps you are not only excessively wordy but also a bore?"
Inigo Montoya Humor
M
"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."
Miracle Max Patience
T
"Life is too short to spend it wishing you were somewhere else."
The Grandfather (narrator) Life
I
"I am not left-handed."
Inigo Montoya Courage
V
"Vizzini: That Vizzini is never caught off guard. Vizzini is greatest swordsman in the world!"
Vizzini Humor
T
"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."
The Grandfather (narrator) Love
T
"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
The Grandfather (narrator) Love
I
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Inigo Montoya Justice
W
"As you wish."
Westley Love
I
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Inigo Montoya Humor
V
"Inconceivable!"
Vizzini Humor
M
"Have fun storming the castle!"
Miracle Max Humor
V
"Inconceivable!"
Vizzini Humor
V
"The battle of wits has begun."
Vizzini
T
"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."
The Grandfather (narrator) Love
T
"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."
The Grandfather (narrator) Love