Romeo & Juliet: Key Quotes

Romeo - Act One, Scene One: “O…”

“O brawling love! O loving hate!”

Juliet - Act Two, Scene Two: “O swear…”

“O swear not by the moon, th’inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb”

Tybalt - Act One, Scene One: “I hate…”

“I hate the word! As i hate hell,

All Montagues, and thee.”

Romeo - Act Three, Scene One: “Oh i’m…”

“Oh i’m fortune’s fool!”

Romeo - Act Five, Scene One: “I defy…”

“I defy you stars!”

Juliet - Act One, Scene Five: “My only…”

“My only love sprung from my only hate!”

Juliet - Act Five, Scene Three: “O happy…”

“O happy dagger!
This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die”

Juliet - Act Two, Scene two: “What’s…”

“What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”

Mercutio - Act Three, Scene One: “O Plague…”

“O plague both your houses.”

Friar Lawrence - Act Two, Scene Three: “This alliance…”

“This alliance may so happy prove, turn your households’ rancour to pure love”

Friar Lawrence - Act two, Scene three: “Young man’s…”

“Young men's love then lies

Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.”

Friar Lawrence - Act two, Scene six: “These…”

“These violent delights have violent ends”

Sampson - Act One, Scene One: “I do…”

“I do bite my thumb, sir.”

Lord Capulet - Act Three, Scene Five: “Hang…”

“Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!”

Romeo - Act Two, Scene One: “Juliet is…”

“Juliet is the sun.”

Chorus - Prologue: “A pair…”

“A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.”