Brief as the lightning in the collied night;
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and Earth,
And ere a man hath power to say “Behold!”
The jaws of darkness do devour it up.
So quick bright things come to confusion.
Quotes on shakespeare
Reply not to me with a fool-born jest.
Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.
Ambition should be made from sterner stuff.
She vied so fast, protesting oath after oath,
that in a twink she won me to her love.
O, you are novices. ‘Tis a world to see
How tame, when men and women are alone,
A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew.
Of all mad matches never was the like
Being mad herself, she’s madly mated.
I want to have a romance so grand,
it would have made Shakespeare fumble for words.
Othello is about many different kinds of love: it’s about the light, beautiful side of love, and it’s about the twisted, darker side of love, and it’s about how, if you flip the emotional coin, love can make you do terrible things. (James Earl Jones)
To sue to live, I find I seek to die;
And, seeking death, find life.
Qué virtudes habitan mi amor
Para que en infierno se? torne el cielo