33 Classic Quotes From The Princess Bride to Use as Your Next Instagram Caption
The Princess Bride came out in 1987, but no matter how much time passes, it remains as timeless and classic as ever.
Though the title may suggest some kind of royal romance, the film is so much more. Yes, there's a love story at its core, but The Princess Bride also weaves a tale of adventure, wit and revenge, with a healthy dose of comedy at its core. Of course, that makes the film endlessly quotable, and below you'll find 33 of the movie's most unforgettable lines—and how to use them as your next Instagram caption.
For the first book you've read in a while:
"When I was your age, television was called books."
-Grandfather
For describing your favorite kind of story:
"Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge… giants, monsters, chases… escapes, true love, miracles…"
-Grandfather
For making someone's wish come true:
"As you wish."
-Westley
(The Princess Bride via 20th Century Fox)
For getting ready to dive into your favorite romance series:
"Hold it, hold it. What is this? Are you trying to trick me? And where's the sports? Is this a kissing book?"
-Grandson
For celebrating a rare kind of love:
"This is true love. Do you think this happens every day?"
-Westley
For when you love tales of the open seas:
"Murdered by pirates is good!"
-Grandson
For when you're inconsolable:
"She went into her room and shut the door… and for days, she neither slept nor ate."
-Grandfather
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For when work starts feeling extra mindless:
"You were not hired for your brains… you hippopotamic land mass!"
-Vizzini
For poking fun at how annoying your best friend is:
"And you! Friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless! Do you want me to send you back to where you were, unemployed in Greenland?"
-Vizzini
For when the unbelievable happens:
"That would be inconceivable."
-Vizzini
For pretending you're not anxious about the situation:
"I wasn't nervous. Maybe I was a little bit concerned. But that's not the same thing."
-Grandson
For when they keep misusing the same word:
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
-Inigo Montoya
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For requiring complete and total concentration:
"I don't mean to be rude, but this is not as easy as it looks. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me."
-Westley
For creatively introducing yourself:
"Hello. My name is [name here]. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
-Inigo Montoya
For when your day job takes priority over justice:
"There's not a lot of money in revenge."
-Inigo Montoya
(The Princess Bride via 20th Century Fox)
For when you excel without trying:
" It's not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise."
-Fezzik
For saying good night:
"In the meantime, rest well and dream of large women."
-Westley
For practicing caution:
"I always think everything could be a trap. That is why I'm still alive."
-Prince Humperdinck
For holding your own intelligence in high regard:
"Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons."
-Vizzini
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For recognizing the strife inherent in existence:
"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
-Westley
(The Princess Bride via 20th Century Fox)
For your trip to the fire swamp:
"It's not that bad. I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here… but the trees are actually quite lovely."
-Westley
For when you're not sure how your pet fish is still alive:
"Good night … good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
-The Dread Pirate Roberts
For meeting a capybara:
"Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."
-Westley
For when your favorite series starts to go awry:
"I'm telling you, you're messing up the story! Now, get it right!"
-Grandson
For when someone spoils the story with a guess:
"Yes, you're very smart. Shut up."
-Grandfather
For when you're worn out and stinky after a workout:
"You don't look so good. You don't smell so good, either."
-Fezzik
For finally seeing someone's cowardice:
"Yes, I am a silly girl. For not having seen sooner that you were nothing but a coward with a heart full of fear."
-Buttercup
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For when you barely feel alive:
"There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead."
-Miracle Max
For celebrating a wedding:
"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us together today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement. That dweam within a dweam."
-The Impressive Clergyman
For when all they can talk about is revenge:
"You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. It's going to get you into trouble someday."
-Tyrone Rugen
For making yourself clear:
"I'll explain, and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon."
-Westley
For when you finally achieve your goal and don't know what to do next:
"You know, it's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life."
-Inigo Montoya
For that unforgettable smooching selfie:
"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."
-Grandfather
(The Princess Bride via 20th Century Fox)
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