Some Shakespeare for the soul

/What you do
Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet.
I’ld have you do it ever: when you sing,
I’ld have you buy and sell so, so give alms,
Pray so; and, for the ordering your affairs, 2020
To sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you
A wave o’ the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that; move still, still so,
And own no other function: each your doing,
So singular in each particular, 2025
Crowns what you are doing in the present deed,
That all your acts are queens./
Florizel:The Winter’s Tale

/Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love./ Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2

/For where thou art, there is the world itself, and where though art not, desolation./
Shakespeare, from Henry VI Act III Scene II

/When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew./
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Published by Gabriela Yareliz

Gabriela is a writer, editor and attorney. She loves the art of storytelling, and she is based in NYC.

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