This Beauty May Burn
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene vi
Tag: Romeo and Juliet
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July 4
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June 23
Callow
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii -
Nonsense
Nonsense
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii -
May 6
Infinity Pool
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 ii -
April 13
Taste Test
‘Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
— Romeo and Juliet,
Act IV, Scene ii -
Dark Love
Dark Love
O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!
Dove-feather’d raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!–Romeo and Juliet,
Act III, Scene ii -
Shut Up or Else
Shut Up or Else
Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;
My fingers itch.–Romeo and Juliet,
Act III, Scene v