“Forget Romeo and Juliet. This was much closer to The Taming of the Shrew.”
“Romeo and Juliet, say they didn’t die but Juliet got pissed and took off. Everyone would know it was Romeo and Juliet, would always be Romeo and Juliet, even if later Romeo hooked up with Nancy. No one ever heard of Nancy, doesn’t even sound right, Romeo and Nancy. Everyone knows Romeo’s meant to be with Juliet. Even if Romeo loved Nancy, Nancy would always know she was never Juliet”
“Flowers are the Romeos and the Juliets of the nature!”
“Romeo and Juliet, the dyslexic version. ”
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
“As it was, they had never even managed a successful first date before their romance had gone the way of Romeo and Juliet's -- except that Romeo and Juliet didn't wake up the next day, leave the crypt and say, "Now what?”