Quotes from work

The Tempest

“Me, poor man, my library
Was dukedom large enough.”

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

“Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.”

“Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.”

“What's past is prologue.”

“We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.”

“Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.”

“Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of our generation you shall find.”

“Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands.
Curtsied when you have and kissed
The wild waves whist,
Foot is featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.

Ariel's song, scene II, Act I”

“How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in it!”

“Thou shalt be free
As mountain winds: but then exactly do
All points of my command.”

“… and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked / I cried to dream again.”

“Watch out he's winding the watch of his wit, by and by it will strike.”

“At this hour
Lie at my mercy all mine enemies.”

“I long to hear the story of your life, which must captivate the ear strangely.”

“I am your wife if you will marry me.
If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow
You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.”

“You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is, I know how to curse”

“Good wombs have borne bad sons."
-- (Miranda, I:2)”

“I would not wish any companion in the world but you.”