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Romeo and Juliet Quotes

“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
~ Spoken by Juliet to Romeo,
Act II, Scene II, Lines 198-200

"Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two young "star-crossed lovers" from feuding families whose love and passion for each other was so great that it wouldn't even let death stop them from being together.

Being one of William Shakespeare's earliest and most frequently performed plays, it therefore comes as no surprise that Romeo and Juliet quotes are some of the most popularly quoted of all time. They bring the idealism, impulsivity, passion and intensity of youthfulness together with the determination and purposefulness of the more mature."

LJ

Romeo and Juliet Quotes are beautiful and romantic William Shakespeare quotes that were first published in 1597. It's interesting to note that Shakespeare actually drew heavily from two previously written works, adding his own additional supporting characters and further developing an already established theme. It is, however, his work that vibrantly lives on in the hearts of society in the twenty-first century.

May these Romeo and Juliet quotes inspire you to love even more deeply and express this all the more often:

Romeo and Juliet Quotes: Act I

“Love is a smoke, made with the fume of sighs,
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes,
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.”
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene I, Lines 187-191

"One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun
Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun."
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene II, Lines 94-95

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright."
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V, Line 44

“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V, Lines 54-55

“If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrams, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”
~ Spoken by Romeo to Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V, Lines 98-101

Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.”
~ Spoken by Juliet to Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V, Lines 102-105

“You kiss by th’ book.”
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V, Line 116

“My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!”
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V, Lines 146-147

Romeo and Juliet Quotes: Act II

Act II, Secene II - the Balcony scene - undoubtedly contains Shakespeare's most famous Romeo and Juliet quotes. This scene certainly contains some of my favourite Romeo and Juliet quotes too:

“But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
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 speaking about Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 2-25

“She speaks:
O, speak again bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o’er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air.”
~ Romeo speaking about Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 27-34

“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thou father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 35-38

“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 45-46

“I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.”
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 52-54

“O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”
~ Spoken by Juliet to Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 113-115

Juliet: “What satisfaction canst thou have to-night?”
Romeo: “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.”
~ Spoken by Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 132-133

“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.”
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, 138-141

“O blessed, blessed night! I am afeared.
Being in night, all this is but a dream,
Too flattering-sweet to be substantial.”
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 145-147

“A thousand times good night!”
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Line 163

“How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears!”
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 175-176

Such romantic and passionate Romeo and Juliet quotes, and with such a beautiful night's farewell:

“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
~ Spoken by Juliet to Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 198-200

“Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set
On the fair daughter of rich Capulet:
As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine;
And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage: when and where and how
We met, we woo'd and made exchange of vow,
I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray,
That thou consent to marry us to-day.”
~ Spoken by Romeo to Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene III, Lines 58-65

Romeo and Juliet quotes that show the Friar's astonishment at young love's reasoning and behaviour:

“Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!
Is Rosaline, whom thou dost love so dear,
So soon forsaken? young men’s love then lies
Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.”
~ Spoken by Friar Lawrence to Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene III, Lines 66-69

Romeo and Juliet Quotes: Act III

“Come, gentle night, come, loving black-brow’d night,
Give me my Romeo; and when he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
O, I have bought the mansion of a love,
But not possess’d it, and, though I am sold,
Not yet enjoy’d: so tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes
And may not wear them…”
~ Spoken by Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene II, Lines 20-31

I hope you've enjoyed these beautiful Romeo and Juliet quotes. If you'd like to read more Shakespeare love quotes, just click on:
Page 1 which showcases Shakespeare sayings from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, Hamlet, King Henry V and VI, Love's Labour's Lost and Richard III, or
Page 2 from The Sonnets, The Tempest, Timon of Athens, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Venus and Adonis.

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