Romeo and Juliet Quotes

Chorus: "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" (1.Prologue.6)

Prince: "If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" (1.1.91-92)

Romeo: "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (1.5.50-51)

Juliet: "My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!" (1.5.136-137)

Juliet: "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" (2.2.33)

Juliet: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet." (2.2.43-44)

Juliet: "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow." (2.2.184-185)

Friar: "For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households' rancor to pure love." (2.3.91-92)

Mercutio: "A plague a' both your houses!" (3.1.97-98)

Romeo: "Either thou or I, or both, must go with him." (3.1.127)

Prince: "And for that offense Immediately we do exile him hence." (3.2.184-185)

Capulet: "A' Thursday let it be--a' Thursday, tell her, She shall be married to this noble earl." (3.5.20-21)

Juliet: "I'll to the friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die." (3.5.241-242)

Friar: "And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death Thou shalt continue two-and-forty hours" (4.1.104-105)

Romeo: "Thou art not conquer'd. Beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there." (5.3.94-96)

Prince: "For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." (5.3.309-310)