Fall in Love with Shakespeare through Hamlet. Shakespeare’s love quotes from Hamlet explore love’s complexity—from longing and devotion to sorrow and reflection. In this collection of Hamlet love quotes, each quotation is accompanied by a brief heading to provide insight and context. The headings will make the quotes easier to share.
Shakespeare’s love quotes from Hamlet do tend to be a bit more on the somber side. Some are intensely passionate. Most have some sad context surrounding them. Nonetheless, these iconic quotes have stood the test of time to intrigue readers for generations.
In Hamlet, love is portrayed as both a source of profound connection and deep turmoil. From the intense passion of Hamlet’s affections to the tragic devotion of Ophelia, these quotes delve into the multifaceted nature of love. Each line offers a glimpse into the characters’ hearts, revealing how love intertwines with themes of madness, betrayal, and fate.
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Love Returned
I will requite your loves.
–Hamlet,
Act I, Scene ii
Complicated Devotions
Perhaps he loves you now,
And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
The virtue of his will; but you must fear,
His greatness weigh’d, his will is not his own.—Hamlet,,
Act I, Scene iii
True to My Vows
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it went hand in hand even with the vow I made.–Hamlet,
Act I, Scene v
Commitment
With all my love I do commend me to you.
–Hamlet,
Act I, Scene v
Intensity Explodes
This is the very ecstasy of love,
Whose violent property fordoes itself
And leads the will to desperate undertakings.–Hamlet,
Act II, Scene i
Doubt Not
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.–Hamlet,
Act II, Scene ii
Don’t Hold Back
If you love me, hold not off.
^Hamlet,
Act II, Scene ii
Great Love
Now what my love is, proof hath made you know;
And as my love is siz’d, my fear is so.
Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear;
Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.–Hamlet,
Act III, Scene ii
Love and Fortune
That even our loves should with our fortunes change;
For ’tis a question left us yet to prove,
Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love.
The great man down, you mark his favourite flies,
The poor advanc’d makes friends of enemies;
And hitherto doth love on fortune tend.–Hamlet,
Act III, Scene ii
Duty and Dilemma
If my duty be too bold, my love is too unmannerly.
–Hamlet,
Act III, Scene ii
Out of Bounds
But so much was our love
We would not understand what was most fit.–Hamlet,
Act IV, Scene i
Ever Searching
Nature is fine in love, and where ’tis fine,
It sends some precious instance of itself
After the thing it loves.–Hamlet,
Act IV, Scene v
Love and Time
I know love is begun by time,
And that I see, in passages of proof,
Time qualifies the spark and fire of it.–Hamlet,
Act IV, Scene vii
Within the Flame
There lives within the very flame of love
A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.–Hamlet,
Act IV, Scene vii
Sweet Young Love
In youth when I did love, did love,
Methought it was very sweet.–Hamlet,
Act V, Scene i
Honor, Love, and Tragedy
I do receive your offer’d love like love,
And will not wrong it.^Hamlet,
Act V, Scene ii
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