I'll tell you a story, far, far from here where blades of grass are fluent in sentient knowledge and trees are a mandala of prayer.

Carolyn Riker
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In this quote from the movie, “The Princess Bride,” Inigo Montoya says these lines to a man named. The Man in Black, who has kidnapped the woman he loves, Buttercup. He tells him a story about a man named Westley, who was a pirate. He died, but then rose again as a swashbuckler.

He also tells the Man in Black that his true love is named Buttercup and that she is the only woman on Earth he could love. [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22i%20ll%20tell%20you%20a%20story%2C%20far,%20far%20from%20here%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official]

Source: Blue Clouds: A Collection Of Soul's Creative Intelligence

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