
play·classic·
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare · 1597
Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.
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What did Romeo and Juliet leave in you?
One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.
Live proof
The line you carried will sit here, in print.
From the margins
10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf
- CarriedNo. 8AKVXC
Two households, both alike in dignity, the funniest word in the prologue is dignity.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byIlan13 FEB 2026 - CarriedNo. 4XDY1J
What's in a name? Juliet asked and four centuries of feuds answered: everything.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byGrace13 MAR 2026 - CarriedNo. C3G4U8
Queen Mab rode through Mercutio's speech. The best five minutes of a character ever wasted.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byTheo13 APR 2026 - CarriedNo. 12HRKP
A plague o' both your houses. Mercutio cursed correctly; everyone kept dying anyway.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byPetra13 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. BZR0DH
The apothecary scene, poverty sold the poison on schedule. Shakespeare's economics chapter.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byDario13 JUN 2026 - CarriedNo. GYFUHT
Friar Laurence's letter failed by one quarantine. The plot's villain is mail delivery.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byRosa13 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. HFZ0D7
My only love sprung from my only hate. teenagers summarize their families better than therapists.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byMira13 AUG 2026 - CarriedNo. N4YO4V
The Nurse's betrayal of the secret marriage. Adults negotiating children's fates like weather.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byGrace13 SEP 2026 - CarriedNo. 7WKMRO
Carried out of it: love fast, but verify the mail. And maybe tell your parents.
Carried out ofRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · 1597not yet underlinedCarried byIlan26 OCT 2026