Quotes from book

Romeo and Juliet

“How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath
To say to me that thou art out of breath?”

“O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.

- Romeo”

“turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun.”

“Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”

“Romeo: I dreamt a dream tonight.
Mercutio: And so did I.
Romeo: Well, what was yours?
Mercutio: That dreamers often lie.
Romeo: In bed asleep while they do dream things true.”

“Oh, I am fortune's fool!”

“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? 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.”

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

“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”

“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”

“thus with a kiss I die”

“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.”

“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triump die, like fire and powder
Which, as they kiss, consume”

“thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.”

“The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.”