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  • Yellow is my favorite, but what is yellow? Handmaiden to white, it is a slight tarnish of pure light. Take away a bit of whites absolute luminosity, and what remains is yellow -- sunlike, golden as a crown, buttercups in a field, marsh marigolds, a finch's wing, a plastic flute.

    Light   Wings   Yellow  
    Richard Grossinger (2011). “The Bardo of Waking Life”, p.87, North Atlantic Books
  • I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for the strength to live the day. Clearly, the answer came in the affirmative." "I didn't know there was such a Fellow," Buttercup said. "Neither did I, in truth, but if He didn't exist, I didn't much want to either.

    Dying   Answers   Want  
    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.221, A&C Black
  • All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children's dower.

    Children   Gay   Littles  
    Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2012). “Browning: Poems”, p.96, Everyman's Library
  • When I left you, you were already more beautiful than anything I dared to dream. In our years apart, my imaginings did their best to improve on your perfection. At night, your face was forever behind my eyes. And now I see that that vision who kept me company in my loneliness was a hag compared to the beauty now before me.

    "The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure".
  • Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)

    Mother   Pay   Forget  
    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.39, A&C Black
  • I am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said. Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse." "I am you Prince and you cannot refuse." "I am your loyal servant and I just did." "Refusal means death." "Kill me then.

    Mean   Loyal   Marry Me  
    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.62, A&C Black
  • The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

    Summer   July   Bees  
    James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382
  • There is no room in my body for anything but you.

    Body   Rooms   Buttercup  
    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.44, A&C Black
  • Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

    "Fictional character: Westley". "The Princess Bride", 1987.
  • I take a few breaths to calm myself, step back, and lift Buttercup by the scruff of the neck. "I should've drowned you when I had the chance." His ears flatten and he raises a paw. I hiss before he gets a chance, which seems to annoy him a little, since he considers hissing his own personal sound of contempt.

    Sound   Ears   Littles  
    Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.144, Scholastic Inc.
  • Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.116, A&C Black
  • Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.

    Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.
  • I must be overtired', Buttercup managed. 'The excitement and all.' 'Rest then', her mother cautioned. 'Terrible things can happen when you're overtired. I was overtired the night your father proposed.

    Mother   Father   Tired  
    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.42, A&C Black
  • I remember once walking out hand in hand with a boy I knew, and it was summer, and suddenly before us was a field of gold. Gold as far as you could see. We knew we'd be rich forever. We filled our pockets and our hair. We were rolled in gold. We ran through the field laughing and our legs and feet were coated in yellow dust, so that we were like golden statues or golden gods. He kissed my feet, the boy I was with, and when he smiled, he had a gold tooth. It was only a field of buttercups, but we were young.

    Summer   Boys   Hair  
  • The first morning after Westley's departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. After all, the love of her life had fled, life had no meaning, how could you face the future, et cetera, et cetera.

    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.63, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towels and petticoats and putting aside a little each month for a set of Spode Buttercup dishes.

    Girl   Women   Niece  
    Kirby Larson (2013). “Hattie Ever After”, p.4, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
  • And what have I done?" What? WHAT?...You've stolen them." With that, Cornelia fled, but Buttercup understood; she knew who "them" was. The boys. The beef-witted featherbrained rattledskulled clodpated dim-domed noodle-noggined sapheaded lunk-knobbed BOYS.

    Boys   Beef   Done  
    "The Princess Bride". Book by William Goldman, www.cnn.com. 1973.
  • Buttercup, miserable even with Prim’s constant attention, huddles in the cube and exhales cat breath in my face.

    Cat   Attention   Cubes  
    Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1176, Scholastic Inc.
  • Buttercups and daisies, Oh, the pretty flowers; Coming ere the spring time, To tell of sunny hours. When the trees are leafless; When the fields are bare; Buttercups and daisies Spring up here and there.

    Spring   Flower   Tree  
    Mary Howitt (1855). “Birds and flowers and other country things [in verse].”, p.130
  • 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.

    Morning   Heart   Choices  
  • Wow,” said Adrian. He sat down on the bed and tested its bounciness, giving it a nod of approval. “This is amazing. What do you think, buttercup?” “I have no words,” I said honestly. He patted the spot beside him. “Want to try it out?

    Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.79, Penguin
  • Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup.

    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.45, A&C Black
  • Westley and I are joined by the bond of love and you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords.

    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.282, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Tumbling-hair picker of buttercups violets dandelions And the big bullying daisies through the field wonderful with eyes a little sorry Another comes also picking flowers

    Bullying   Sorry   Flower  
    E. E. Cummings (1996). “Tulips and Chimneys”, p.30, W. W. Norton & Company
  • Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are growing.

    Sky   Knowing   Looks  
    Sarah Orne Jewett (1999). “The Complete Poems of Sarah Orne Jewett”, Ironweed PressInc
  • Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.

    Blow   Daisies   Meadows  
    John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”
  • The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)

    Girl   Morning   Mind  
  • There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

    Cary Elwes, Joe Layden (2014). “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
  • I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup. "It's all right, baby, it's all right. We'll be OK down there." My mother wraps her arms around us. I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder.

    Mother   Baby   Twilight  
  • Everyone had told her, since she became a princess-in-training, that she was very likely the most beautiful woman in the world. Now she was going to be the richest and the most powerful as well. Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

    William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.99, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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