“He felt a bit like Romeo to her Juliet, minus the feuding families and poison.And with pigeons.”

“Imagine if [Juliet] woke up and he was still alive, but..." She swallowed, waiting out a tremor in her voice. "But [Romeo] had killed her whole family. And burned her city. And killed and enslaved her people.”

“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”

“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

“As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.”

“We are all Romeos looking for our Juliet, but never finding her.”