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“This year in school she read Romeo and Juliet, and she told me pragmatically that Romeo was a wimp. He should have just taken…

— Jodi Picoult

“I want to make Romeo jealous! I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a…

— Oscar Wilde

“Why do people who read Shakespeare still spend hours watching shitty TV or staring out of the window or arguing about whose dinner party…

— Glen Duncan

“There has to be some way this won’t end in tragedy. Why can’t Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after? It’s as if the…

— Kitty Thomas

Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“The problem is that when you change Romeo and Juliet’s story it ends up like that ridiculous Taylor Swift song. And that’s not what…

— Jolene Perry

“In high school, we barely brushed against Ogden Nash, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, or any of the other so-unserious writers who delight everyone they…

— Bob Harris

“There is a little Juliet inside me, hoping I will lock eyes with my Romeo on the other side of a fish tank or…

— Jessica Thompson

“You know what really kills me over this is that I’ve never seen two animals act more human. What kind of Romeo-Juliet bullshit are…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“He is Romeo, and he is heartbroken. Every word is wistful. When he says, 'O, teach me how I should forget to think!' I,…

— Nina LaCour

“It’s awful, telling it like this, isn’t it? As though we didn’t know the ending. As though it could have another ending. It’s like…

— Elizabeth Wein

“We must become writers who accept things as they are, come to love the details, and step forward with a yes on our lips…

— Natalie Goldberg