Romeo and Juliet quotes

Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.

— Juliet · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.

— Friar Lawrence · Act II, Scene VI — Friar Lawrence’s Cell

Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.

— Romeo · Act I, Scene V — A Hall in Capulet’s House

That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title.

— Juliet · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!

— Romeo · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

— Juliet · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

And yet I wish but for the thing I have; My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.

— Juliet · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek.

— Romeo · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

— Romeo · Act II, Scene II — Capulet’s Garden

O, I am fortune’s fool!

— Romeo · Act III, Scene I — A public Place

Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished, For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

— Prince · Act V, Scene III — A churchyard; in it a Monument belonging to the Capulets

If love be rough with you, be rough with love; Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.

— Mercutio · Act I, Scene IV — A Street

My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.

— Juliet · Act I, Scene V — A Hall in Capulet’s House

Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.

— Friar Lawrence · Act II, Scene III — Friar Lawrence’s Cell

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.

— Romeo · Act I, Scene I — A public place

A plague o’ both your houses. They have made worms’ meat of me. I have it, and soundly too. Your houses!

— Mercutio · Act III, Scene I — A public Place

O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest; And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last. Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death.

— Romeo · Act V, Scene III — A churchyard; in it a Monument belonging to the Capulets