“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

“Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.”

“Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.”

“And when she at last came out, her eyes were dry. Her parents stared up from their silent breakfast at her. They both started to rise but she put a hand out, stopped them. ‘I can care for my...”

“Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I...”

“Do you love me, Westley? Is that it?’ He couldn’t believe it. ‘Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. If your love were—‘ ‘I don’t und...”