Fall in Love with Shakespeare through 50 of his most romantic lines. These Shakespeare love quotes celebrate tender devotion, passion, and the joy of being in love.
The Shakespeare love quotes in this collection are purely romantic, positive, and passionate. Each one is paired with a short heading to highlight its meaning, making it easy to use one to declare your love.
Browse the list, share a line with someone you love, or just take a quiet moment of personal reflection.
Speak your love with Shakespeare’s timeless words.
1.
Quick and Fresh
O spirit of love! How quick and fresh art thou.
—Twelfth Night,
Act I, Scene i
2.
Language of Love
Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues.
–Much Ado about Nothing,
Act II, Scene i
3.
Miracles
Love wrought these miracles.
–Taming of the Shrew,
Act V, Scene i
4.
Love Speaks Gently
O, love’s best habit is a soothing tongue.
–The Passionate Pilgrim
5.
Love Comforts
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
–Venus and Adonis
6.
Ever Hopeful
Hope is a lover’s staff; walk hence with that.
–The Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act III, Scene i
7.
Open Hearts
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
–Twelfth Night,
Act III, Scene i
8.
Hypnotic
And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods
make heaven drowsy with the harmony.–Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act IV, Scene iii
9.
Unshakable
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds…
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.–Sonnet 116
10.
Love is Gravity
The strong base and building of my love
Is as the very center of the earth.–Troilus and Cressida,
Act IV, Scene ii
11.
Together in Love
Live with me, and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove…
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Then live with me and be my love.–The Passionate Pilgrim
12.
Above Thought
Sweet, above thought I love thee.
–Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene i
13.
More Than I Can Say
I love you more than words
Can wield the matter.–King Lear,
Act I, Scene i
14.
I Always Want to Be With You
I would not wish any companion
In the world but you.–The Tempest,
Act III, Scene i
15.
Love is Kind
Kind is my love to-day, to-morrow kind,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence.–Sonnet 106
16.
Every Possible Way
I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap,
And be buried in thy eyes.–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act V, Scene ii
17.
Speak Your Love
If it be love indeed, tell me how much.
–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act I, Scene i
18.
Nothing Will Stop My Love
I love thee so, that…all thy pride,
Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.–Twelfth Night,
Act III, Scene i
19.
More and More
My passion on passion, deeply is redoubled.
–Venus and Adonis
20.
Love at First Sight
Hear my soul speak.
Of the very instant that I saw you,
Did my heart fly at your service.–The Tempest,
Act III, Scene i
21.
Nothing Else Matters
…had [I] force and knowledge more than was ever man’s,
I would not prize them without your love.–The Winter’s Tale,
Act IV , Scene iv
22.
Beyond Calculation
My true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene v
23.
Thoughts of Love
And I by this will be a gainer too;
For bending all my loving thoughts on thee.–Sonnet 88
24.
Dearly Bought
Since you are dear bought, I will love you dear.
–The Merchant of Venice,
Act III, Scene ii
25.
Take All of Me
Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all.
–Sonnet XL (40)
26.
Never Doubt
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
27.
Vow
Thee will I love, and with thee lead my life.
–The Comedy of Errors,
Act III, Scene ii
28.
Your Love Lifts Me Up
For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.–Sonnet 29
29.
I Speak My Love
I love thee,
And it is my love that speaks.–The Merchant of Venice,
Act I, Scene i
30.
Boundless Love
My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep: the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene i
31.
I Love You Most
I do love nothing in the world so well as you.
–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act IV, Scene i
32.
More Than All the World
I, beyond all limit of what else in the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.–The Tempest,
Act III, Scene i
33.
Swear
Still, I swear I love you.
–Cymbeline,
Act II, Scene iii
34.
I Will Support You
Let me but bear your love,
I’ll bear your cares.–Henry IV Part 2,
Act V, Scene ii
35.
Sealed With a Kiss
My kisses bring again, bring again;
Seals of love.–Measure for Measure,
Act IV, Scene i
36.
Tamed by Your Love
I will requite thee,
Taming my wild heart to thy loving hand:–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act III, Scene i
37.
Pure Passion
My passions are made of
nothing but the finest part of pure love.–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act I, Scene ii
38.
Love Lessons
My love is thine to teach.
–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act I, Scene i
39.
Happy in Love
Then happy I, that love and am beloved.
–Sonnet 25
40.
My Love is a Bond
My love hath in it a bond,
Whereof the world takes note.–All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act I, Scene iii
41.
Open to Passion
O, then unfold the passion of my love.
–Twelfth Night,
Act I, Scene iv
42.
The Glory of Love
Thy love is better than high birth to me,
Richer than wealth, prouder than garments’ cost.–Sonnet 91
43.
Steady and True
My love as it begins shall so persevere.
–All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act IV, Scene ii
44.
Faithful Kisses
By my troth, I kiss thee with a most constant heart.
–Henry IV, Part 2,
Act II, Scene iv
45.
Every Day, I Love You
For as the sun is daily new and old,
So is my love still telling what is told.–Sonnet 76
46.
I Give You My All
And, that my love may appear plain and free,
All that was mine…I give to thee.–Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act V, Scene iv
47.
I Belong To You
Such is my love, to thee I so belong,
That for thy right myself will bear all wrong.–Sonnet 88
48.
I Will Worship You
Thou shalt be worshipp’d, kiss’d,
Loved and adored!–Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act IV, Scene iv
49.
Constant Kisses
There shall not be one minute in an hour
Wherein I will not kiss my sweet love’s flower.–Venus and Adonis
50.
Real and Rare
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.–Sonnet 130
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