Shakespeare Love Quotes

Category: Quote of the Day

June 2

Heaven Knows

Well, heaven knows how I love you; and you shall one day find it.

–The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act III, Scene iii
June 1

Essential

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season’d showers are to the ground.

–Sonnet LXXV (75)
May 31

Answer

If thou love me, practise an answer.

–Henry IV Part 1,
Act II, Scene iv
May 30

Precious Jewel

For well thou know’st to my dear doting heart
Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.

–Sonnet CXXXI (131)
May 29

Love Dearly

Youngling, thou canst not love so dear as I.

–Taming of the Shrew,
Act I, Scene i
May 28

Longing

For love is like a child,
That longs for every thing that he can come by.

–Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act III, Scene i
May 27

Happy in Love

Now, for the love of Love and her soft hours,
Let’s not confound the time with conference harsh:
There’s not a minute of our lives should stretch
Without some pleasure now.

–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act I, Scene i