Essence
What’s in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii
Tag: Romeo and Juliet
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August 1
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July 4
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 -
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