Shakespeare Love Quotes

Tag: Tragedies

October 9

Realistic

This is the monstruosity in love… that the will
is infinite and the execution confined, that the
desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.

-Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene ii
October 8

Fantastical

When we vow to weep seas, live in fire, eat rocks, tame tigers…
This is the monstruosity in love.

^Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene ii
October 3

A Madness Most Discreet

Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes;
Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:
What is it else? A madness most discreet.

–Romeo and Juliet,
Act I, Scene i
September 30

Love, Anticipated

I am giddy; expectation whirls me round.
The imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my sense…

Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene ii
September 29

Love Overrules

Reason to my love is liable.

Julius Caesar,
Act II, Scene iii
September 27

Just For Herself

She is a woman, therefore may be woo’d;
She is a woman, therefore may be won;
She is [herself], therefore must be loved.

Titus Andronicus,
Act II, Scene i
September 26

Amplified

Thou hast made my heart
Too great for what contains it.

^Coriolanus,
Act V, Scene vi