Act I

Here are the top 99 important quotes from Romeo and Juliet:

1. “O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone” – Mercutio
2. “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” – Tybalt
3. “My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy” – Juliet
4. “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of peace” – Prince Escalus
5. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” – Chorus

6. “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun” – Romeo
7. “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” – Juliet
8. “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief” – Romeo
9. “Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow” – Juliet
10. “O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable” – Juliet

11. “A plague o’ both your houses!” – Mercutio
12. “O, I am fortune’s fool!” – Romeo
13. “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none; therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not” – Romeo
14. “O, I am fortune’s fool!” – Romeo
15. “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st, a damned saint, an honorable villain!” – Juliet

16. “My poverty, but not my will, consents” – Friar Lawrence
17. “O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, from off the battlements of yonder tower” – Juliet
18. “Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field” – Capulet
19. “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” – Prince Escalus

20. “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” – Romeo
21. “O happy dagger, this is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die” – Juliet
22. “All are punished” – Prince Escalus
23. “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate” – Friar Lawrence
24. “O, I am fortune’s fool!” – Romeo

Here are the top 10 ideas and tips for celebrating the importance of quotes from Romeo and Juliet:

1. Host a Romeo and Juliet movie night with friends and family.
2. Organize a reading of the play with friends or a local theatre group.
3. Create a playlist of songs inspired by the play.
4. Decorate your home or party space with quotes from the play.
5. Hold a Shakespearean costume party where guests dress up as characters from the play.
6. Host a Romeo and Juliet-themed dinner party with dishes inspired by the play.
7. Visit Verona, Italy, where the play is set, and take a tour of famous landmarks.
8. Organize a Shakespearean trivia night with questions about Romeo and Juliet.
9. Collaborate with a local artist to create a mural inspired by the play.
10. Host a charity event where proceeds go to a local theatre or arts organization.