Quotes from Romeo and Juliet
26 notable lines from William Shakespeare · c. 1595
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Juliet, Romeo and Juliet A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.
Chorus, Prologue But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!
Romeo, Act II, sc. ii Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
Juliet, Act II, sc. ii Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene.
Chorus, Prologue (opening lines) A plague on both your houses!
Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet A plague o' both your houses!
Mercutio, Act III, sc. i (dying) 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, sc. ii For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Prince, closing couplet, Act V, sc. iii O, I am fortune's fool!
Romeo, Act III, sc. i These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder.
Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet These violent delights have violent ends.
Friar Laurence, Act II, sc. vi O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
Mercutio, Act I, sc. iv (Queen Mab speech) Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
Mercutio, Act III, sc. i (mortally wounded) O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
Romeo, Act I, sc. v (first sight of Juliet) O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
Romeo, Act V, sc. iii (in the tomb) Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
Romeo, Act I, sc. v My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Juliet, Act I, sc. v 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, sc. ii 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.
Juliet, Act III, sc. ii Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace!
Romeo, Act V, sc. iii (in the tomb) Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
Friar Laurence, Act II, sc. iii He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Romeo, Act II, sc. ii Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man.
Romeo to Paris, Act V, sc. iii A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.
Prince, Act V, sc. iii