Act I
"Two households, both alike in dignity..."
Chorus, Prologue
"But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks?"
Romeo- Balcony scene, looking at Juliet
"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
Mercutio as he's being killed
"Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distillèd liquor drink thou off; / When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humor"
Friar Lawrance describing how to take potion
"If thou be merciful, / Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet."
Paris's final wish
"I do bite my thumb, sir."
Samson, opening fight
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name..."
Juliet, Balcony scene
"Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say 'death'..."
Romeo's reaction to being banished
"Farewell!—God knows when we shall meet again. / I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, / That almost freezes up the heat of life."
Juliet taking the potion
"Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty."
Romeo looking at Juliet
"My only love sprung from my only hate..."
Juliet, after meeting Romeo at the party
"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."
Friar Lawrence, giving advice to Romeo about getting married
"Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art; / Thy tears are womanish..."
Friar Lawrence telling Romeo to man up as he weeps over his banishment
"She's dead, deceas'd, she's dead; alack the day!"
Finding Juliet's body
"Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."
Romeo's last words
"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
Tybalt, talking about Montagues in the fight scene
"Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! / I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday..."
Lord Capulet telling Juliet she will marry Paris whether she wants to or not
"O happy dagger! / This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die."
Juliet's last words
"Examine other beauties."
Benvolio giving Romeo advice
"I think it best you married with the County. / O, he’s a lovely gentleman!"
The nurse telling Juliet to marry Paris and therefore losing her trust
"For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."