But just as he knew the sun was obliged to rise each morning in the east, no matter how much a western arisal might have pleased it, so he knew that Buttercup was obliged to spend her love on him. Gold was inviting, and so was royalty, but they could not match the fever in his heart, and sooner or later she would have to catch it. She had less choice than the sun.
William Goldman[Prince Humperdinck] was seventy-five minutes away from his first female murder, and he wondered if he could get his fingers to her throat before even the start of a scream. He had been practicing on giant sausages all the afternoon and had the movements down pretty pat, but then, giant sausages werenโt necks and all the wishing in the world wouldnโt make them so.
William GoldmanFor you see each day I love you more today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
William GoldmanI understand everything,โ he said. โYou understand nothing, but it really doesnโt matter, since what you mean is, youโre glad to see me, just as Iโm glad to see you because no more loneliness.โ โThatโs what I mean,โ said Fezzik.
William Goldman