In "The Princess Bride", the book, the Man in Black says to Buttercup:
I built a wall around my heart, and almost became an empty room.
Quote:
"May I please tell you something, Highness? You're very cold--"
"I'm not--"
"--very cold and very young, and if you live, I think you'll turn to hoarfrost--"
"Why do you pick at me? I have come to terms with my life, and that is my affair - I am not cold, I swear, but I have decided certain things, it is best for me to ignore emotion; I have not been happy dealing with it-" Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high. "I loved once," Buttercup said after a moment. "It worked out badly."
"I'm not--"
"--very cold and very young, and if you live, I think you'll turn to hoarfrost--"
"Why do you pick at me? I have come to terms with my life, and that is my affair - I am not cold, I swear, but I have decided certain things, it is best for me to ignore emotion; I have not been happy dealing with it-" Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high. "I loved once," Buttercup said after a moment. "It worked out badly."
I built a wall around my heart, and almost became an empty room.
