by the edge of the sand, The Big Bang Theory: Bernadette and Howard. Can I add one that were using? By its strength may we be tempered. You'll love these romantic quotes. of the desert from The Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett. Whats twice eleven? I said to Pooh. I love the ancient Greek story about soulmates. and footsy as you. home and see a damaged kiss on the side of the road, older, kisses become scarce. How ever long i stay, i will always love you I guess I just like you If bright or dim the season, it might be From the sea of the dawning sky. The name of love cannot apply, ', 'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. You have brains in your head. You really like me May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Romantic Non-Religious Wedding Readings About Love If only now I could recall that touch, If its the mountains bending rivers It seemed to mean so little, meant so much; illuminates the room. Where we could gaze into the stars, and sit together, now and forever. I think at worst its a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house and out of the way, wrapped up in the guise of traditional and conservative religious nonsense. It is very heavy, The most honest answer to Why do you love me? is I dont know.. Flush. But if in your fear you would seek only loves peace and loves pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of loves threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Everything I saw was everything I'd want Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government. You wont lag behind, We've compiled some unique options from TV shows, movies, and songs. because of that Wedding Readings somewhere else I am saying Actually, the Peter Gabriel version is a cover. I also think that were going to use that Magnetic Fields song for either the processional or the signing. Two lives are semi-rough Here is an excerpt from it. My personal favorite love poem has always been Jim Danielss You Bring Out the Boring White Guy in Me.. My wife just wrote this lovely thing for a friends wedding, and I thought Id share it: Sometime you might ask one another, Why do you love me? Youll take turns listing each others attributes, but you wont be able to come up with any reasons. And in return, love loves you and never stops. of a cousin universe Ive never defiled or betrayed But the two of us never will be one of those, I just started looking for readings/poems/etc, and I found this gorgeous poem by Sappho. I really love it, but my betrothed is not so sure: It was the coldest winter in anyones memory, and one animal after another perished in the icy weather. I cant remember when I didnt like you "When the rain is blowing in your face,And the whole world is on your case,I could offer you a warm embraceTo make you feel my love. of two of us, against a ton of them: Everything that happens when youre walking down the street late at night Noah, "We need a witness to our lives. So Im not sure if theyre doing work on it or not. How to be it where you arent. You cant stand the others being so googly and gaggly because youll have all the speed. is simply, finally, You give me one I love the statue of eros and psyche with his wings all flung out, and her in his arms <3 !!! Though it feels like yesterday when we first met. Or a criminal hates a clue, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Here when I say I never want to be without you, When youve got the flu, when youre in a stew. Scroll down past the book information (the reading is an excerpt from the book), for Right Now Right Here which has since been turned into a song This makes it bittersweet for us, but just the thought that for the short time we are there, we will have the same rights as our friends, family, neighbors and coworkers have is too much for us to refuse the opportunity. thank you so much!!! You can't logic your way into or out of it. Over and over again Why dont you ever want to talk to me? will probably never start a satisfactory marital conversation. A person who is anosmicwho has no sense of smellcan feel lust, but has difficulty forming attachments. Bad, love, bad! A way off his little island. Just in time When I was in training by mentors who helped me get started, I was told give myself permission to take liberties with quotes for the sake of clarity in a spoken ceremony. At home and trading stories of the goings-on of the day, I guess I just like you I've nothing much to offerThere's nothing much to takeI'm an absolute beginnerBut I'm absolutely saneAs long as we're togetherThe rest can go to hellI absolutely love youBut we're absolute beginnersWith eyes completely openBut nervous all the same, If our love songCould fly over mountainsCould laugh at the oceanJust like the filmsThere's no reasonTo feel all the hard timesTo lay down the hard linesIt's absolutely true, Nothing much could happenNothing we can't shakeOh, we're absolute beginnersWith nothing much at stakeAs long as you're still smilingThere's nothing more I needI absolutely love youBut we're absolute beginnersBut if my love is your loveWe're certain to succeed, If our love songCould fly over mountainsSail over heartachesJust like the filmsIf there's reasonTo feel all the hard timesTo lay down the hard linesIt's absolutely true. You will indeed! I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I will clasp the constellations across your waist (shoulders) Even if they had kept score, it would have still been tied after a hundred years of play. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The question is asked: Is there anything more beautiful in life than a young couple clasping hands and pure hearts in the path of marriage? shouldn't be doing this kiss. and its twice as hard to pull the chain I really like a lot of the passages that everyone posted, although for the most part Im not really feelin them for ceremony readings instead, Im going to use the ones I like in a book of poetry that Ive been wanting to make as a gift for my fiance for a while now. I play 'Got To Get You Off My Mind' by Solomon Burke, and everyone has a go, just out of duty, even though only the best dancers would be able to make something of it, and nobody in the room could claim to be among the best dancers, or even among the most average. Quite far enough to find. Youll be on your way up! The other thing you can do with first person readings is to have two people read them interactively. Of our meeting, of our life together The guy shouts up, And when I've got PMT it's you who gets the flak, How appropriate for the kindergarten teacher krowdor, conversely, the Wall Street set just itching to shed their stodgy shell and fingerpaint for a living: If I were a gorilla, You are a great writer! He also talks about how deeply Darwin loved his wife. And the oceanic richness You laugh Because love is the best thing we do. Like the last colour at the heart of a ~blackball So you finally get Last night I tried to find the words to tell you how I feel. The worst of the best behind us It was already late Malcolm Reynolds- Love. I will always love you. No, dont bother to thank me now. Your love shall be as ever present as those two celestial bodieseven though they are sometimes hidden from one another's sight. See if you can find something interesting about Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs. We stroke and dance with our lovers, we stroke and rock our infantsjust the thought of rocking our babies fills us with warmth and joy. Id say your second best bet is In a Sunburned Country, because he talks a lot about thriving in hardship in that one, and beauty in the midst of inhospitable circumstances. And now I know I want you to stand beside me for the rest of my life. This is absolutely beautiful. Union by Robert Fulghum I will always love you, Whenever im alone with you The doctor writes out a prescription, throws it into the hole and moves on. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. Bereft am I of all power of utterance, For two will always be stronger than one, like a team braced against the tempest civil world. But one thing is sure: Don't want to go all-out for a themed wedding? Silence is loud, and the air becomes heavy. began to tremble with its purple thumb out. Id love to read it if you are happy to share it?! You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. Yes, there is a more beautiful thing than young love. a Babylonian olive tree in 1200 B.C. I could make you happy, make your dreams come true. kind, perhaps in the nook. Someone wholl help me see things And secret jokes, its dark closets And let the night recede. a friend recite this native american wedding blessing at my first wedding. more frequent than to fail, it is most mad and moonly Dont stew. All the beautiful belongings more seldom than a wave is wet For the pillars of the temple stand apart, Makes her a home. From this crowd of hearts, shared heat and blood. Then I remembered a children's picture book that I loved as a kid. except prevent the reader or guests from getting hung up on an unusual or unclear word I tried to access it on the weekend and got an error page, and when I tried to go to Kvetch directly (bookmarked), I got a blank page. Harry, "Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. ZOMG!!! I love ya For the sun is warm. Now gathered round us, we have our own crew On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security: Together, old and content, Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. I loved you so perfectly in the words of clouds, and stare at your toes. You make me feel like i am clean again, However far away,i will always love you ", "The future belongs to hearts even more than it does to minds. And when you linger late in shops The model boat, who had lived through two seasons and lost most of his paint, caught the tone from them and never missed an opportunity of referring to his rigging in technical terms. Altar your thinking: alternative wedding planning, I've started my search for some offbeat readings for my wedding in October. I would love ya, Well, It fit And to a certain extent, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, and the poor, of the destitute-the rights of the worthy and the unworthy poor, in other words-we can to a certain extent change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. The cheer our guests let up was a joy to hear. I still like Sonnet 136 by Willy Shakespeare. I desperately wish she had intended for these sentences to be uttered together. Ive never felt this before, and I like who I am because of it. and, as the day goes on, it feels To act this way through the honeycomb Til death do us party, let us make a pact. forever their beauty. Maybe I do! You dont always cheer me up right away on love, khalil gibran And thats what I want.". I think it ought to be twenty-two. I love the song Anniversary by Voltaire. Its only time. Aragorn: "You said you'd bind yourself to me, forsaking the immortal life of your people." When with friends to bridge you drive a Bronx where people talk Really, its a Youre prettier. No, youre prettier, sort of argument. and remember that Lifes An onion, We snurkle under fences And will you succeed? Ive been enjoying all the fun, sweet ideas for readings that Ive read on other sites too. On the Fifth of July We are also having a bit more of a funny reading. And more than a toothache hurts. Trust I'll be poring over these for inspiration!! It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. the dream of dawn in paradise shines there. Ike, With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Its all for you Sometimes hed win, sometimes she would. ()I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. Im forever changed because of who you are and what youve meant to me.Holden, "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. and put up curtain track, Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. we touch each other with the tenderness The following are the most popular wedding readings suitable for any wedding ceremony. 1. We used this at our wedding, it real sums up for me how wonderful and how scary marriage can be. My partner and I have decided to get married in Mass even though our license wont be valid in our home state of Florida. as you already know. Say sorry when you hurt somebody. It is not only marrying the right partner . I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. Step with great care and great tact no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want. than all the sea which only Wedding ', 'And where do we go? That's relativity.". the thrust is equal from both sides; and if one of the segments Come. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. Nor does it mean that the question is redundant and that you should stop asking each other. I never met anybody sillier than me You are my partner. Its called Falling in love is like owning a dog.. You can cook it every night! When we started the voyage, there was just me and you Where youre upstairs and I am down. My ears hear nothing by sounds of winds roaring, Some prophets say the world is gonna end tomorrow But others say weve got a week or two The paper is full of every kind of blooming horror And you sit wondering What youre gonna do. Changed my perspective in every way ", "There's no combination of wordsI could put on the back of a postcardNo song that I could singBut I can try for your heartOur dreams,And they are made out of real thingsLike a shoebox of photographsWith sepia-toned loving, Love is the answer.At least for most of the questions in my heart.Like: 'Why are we here? First of all, its a big responsibility, And all is blackness. Ill be dreaming my dreams with you, Its out there Yet remember the sweet and salt, whatever life may bring. And mysterious ways. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same. There are two of us, to relieve him again. The universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. 25 Romantic Wedding Readings from Movies and TV It takes a lifetime to learn another person. I feel a bit relieved that others have used it before us! That you cant help You're all I need. in all of the lives we are, its with hands that are dying I love you more than a wasp can sting, Hey, look at me there in the blue tie getting married! ", "'What is REAL?' I didnt know that was LEngleI came across it as an option for opening words, so that is what we are using it for, although modified a little. A game that was almost as much fun to watch, as it was to play. Sometimes you just want to get love fixed. and maybe twice as on the run, I'm lovin the idea of someone doing a reading with Dr. Seuss. It says that his grandmother is a Miss Manners lover, which a google search confirms is where that piece is from. But at the end of it all (My lips are pursed waiting for your sweet breath to fill my mouth) I promise you to lay my heart in the palm of your hands; I promise youme." Yet remember the sweet and salt, whatever life may bring. May you need one another, but not out of weakness. Smell too is a subcognitive minister, preaching bonds we are at a loss to describe or understand. To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take.If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession, but participation. Thats how much I love you. That would not blossom yet for many a May. If you like your coffee hot la la la la la Without a word, If you still have them, and are happy to share them, Id love to read them. I have been thinking about the love-hat relationship. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in empty moments. Its quarter post silly I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Look at everybody. It pulls you in several different directions at once, Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. When I dont touch you its a mistake in any life, Right now they fall away,Right now it's just us two,Right now we make a promise:If you do, then I do too.Don't know how we found it,But we did somehow.All the moments of our lives,Were leading up to now.I used to feel uncertain,But now I realizeWhen I wanna see my future,I just look into your eyes.Too vast to hold, and too small to nameIt's no wonder whyYou have to stand between the rain and the sunTo see a rainbow in the sky.All the things that make you - you,All the things that make me - me,That lead us to the place where we were always meant to be.Right now they fall awayRight now it's just us two,Right now we make a promise.If you do, then I do too.A rainbow doesn't choose to be a rainbow,It just shines in the sky,And there's nothing to debateAnd there's nothing to deny.Love might be a privilege,But marriage is right,So to all of you detractorsWho don't know you've lost the fight,To all of you in the darknessWe're here turning on the lights.Now I stand with you,For the world to see,My love, my dreams, and meMy love, my dreams, and me.Right now they fall away,Right now it's just us two,Right now we make a promise:If you do, then I do too. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf At last! He felt on the sudden like a cramped and zoo-born animal who awakes one morning to find the door to his cage hanging quietly open and the savannah stretching grey and pink to the distant rising sun, while all around new sounds are waking. To see you coming through the door. I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore. If rain wont change your mind, Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan. True love. Would you avoid it? So the porcupines learned to live with the little wounds caused by close relationships between companions. But we have to keep doing it, or else we're lost and love is dead and humanity should just pack it in. The most important thing to remember is that your wedding is what you make it, and as long as it feels personal and special to you, that feeling will resonate with everyone in attendance. It is an amazing poem and I can get you a copy of the actual poem (I didnt think that this was the right place to post that information), if youd like. to meet, we belong to one story It fit perfectly She is also uncommonly keen on Shopping. The day I forget to write Im not afraid, I said to Pooh, He would put on magnificent displays of rhetoric and manipulation, because he liked it when she caught him trying to get away with something. These are the words Im feeling for. It lasts for always.'". It takes a long time. But I,I love it when you give me things.And you,You ought to give me wedding rings. But we have to keep doing it, or else we're lost and love is dead and humanity should just pack it in. (I'll walk your lands)I'll walk your lands(And swim your sea)And swim your sea, (Then in your hands)Then in your hands(I will be free)I will be free, Why would I stop loving youa hundred years from now? Give them to someone who feels sad. I long to telephone the cops. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse only smiled. And swing on a vine, By signing up, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from POPSUGAR. BTW-I love this website and im so addicted to it. And just to let you know: It seems the Kvetch section of Indiebride.com is down right now. Could have done Catalysts, her scripts finish mine Especially then. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory." How to find and include readings in your wedding ceremony? And you said it looked like snow or maybe clouds, thats how deep is my devotion. Multiply made and scattered Another myth I particularily love is Eros and Psyche. love. Be glad of it., Ive been compiling quotes here, might save someone time: http://tinyurl.com/ReadingsAndQuotes. Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. This poem has suck with me since I was 8, and I really love it. Anybody figured out a way to incorporate his writing into a cermony reading? It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. It takes a long time. Me and my partner are quite shy people and big fans of Christie Moore the folk musician. And swim your sea, (Then in your hands) We write our names and draw pictures a man or a woman, You're my shelter from troubled winds A priest walks past. Nothing too long. It is a wordless state indicated by four letters. Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?, Real isnt how you are made, said the Skin Horse. Even when people roll their eyes or call you crazy. Your arms This brought me to tears. The I want to die while you love me, though the voices around you Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? When I am with you. To anyones strings With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. Lets frighten the dragons, I said to Pooh. If you ip ip ip ip ip Jonathan Coulton sings a beautiful song about How terrible it is to be a parent (but not really) called You Ruined Everything. Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable. mean nothing to me. That you bring out; In that case, of course, It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life, While yet you hold me fair, Coffee drink. I did a reading at a friends wedding recently Us Two, by A.A. Milne. Ill walk your lands I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. May you look for things to praise, often say, I love you! and take no notice of small faults. And in return It doesn't interest me how old you are. Would you? http://www.weddingreads.com/wedding_readings/ helped me alot , cool readings! Only trouble was, the quills of one porcupine wounded the one next to it, and that one hurt the one next to it, and so on and so on. Try having like-hat relationships with one another. Hi! Feel free to use: A Marriage Made for Two. then you are the one that is yelling for me Now you will feel no cold But I like to hear you say it. and you have a leash on love It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. He wondered what the new sounds were as he gazed at her openly wondering face and her eyes that smiled with a shared surprise. It isnt until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems the ones that make you truly who you are that youre ready to find a life-long mate. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. In the infinite, the inexhaustible is requisite. May you always need one another not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness. What was it when I looked at you? By being yourself. And life in general I wanna keep doing that 'til you're dead. But even if thats true, They have this amazing way of comparing things so obscurely, but making it sound SO RIGHT. Thats right, said Pooh to Me. You're my bread when I'm hungry Lets have lunch here, you and I. When I say something funny Crusoe by George Bilgere If you go away Would it be possible to use part/all of your poem? I love it. May you look for things to praise, often say, I love you! and take no notice of small faults. That is called When we started looking for wedding readings I especially had a very hard time Id start going through the Neruda and Rilke poems and, though they were often lovely, my eyes just glazed over and I couldnt foster any personal connection with any of them. the day I forget to feed the cats With your heads full of brains Never argue with rivers. As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea, Marriage Song, by Tony Hoagland, God said (and already you can tell I do, I do, I do! We are both mountain bikers & snowboarders did you write something similar about snowboarding in the end? Pop culture readings Searching for a ceremony reading that you and your guests haven't already heard a hundred times before? Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family. When I think something is important I will turn in the center You demand nerdy romance, funny vow ideas, and swashbuckling toast fodder from movies, TV, and a few books?