"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something."
"Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. But there's a lot of bad stuff coming."
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Source: William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.50, A&C Black
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