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From Beginning to End:  (Robert Fulghum)

 

The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, "You know all those things we've promised and hoped and dreamed, well, I meant it all, every word."

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Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another, acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years.

 

Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you.  For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this is my husband, this is my wife.

 

I Fell In Love With All Of You:

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I didn’t just fall in love with the best of you, like,

The way your eyes light up the room,

The way you laugh makes me smile,

The way your hand fits in mine,

The way your personality stands out,

The way your smile gives me butterflies,

or the way your body moves.

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I fell in love with all of you,

I fell in love with your scars,

The way you make sarcastic remarks,

The way you feel helpless at 2am,

The way you cry about something from years ago,

The way you can sometimes get angry,

or the way you sometimes want to be alone.

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I fell in love with all of you,

I fell in love with the great in you,

I fell in love with the bad you see in yourself,

but the bad you see is the great that I see because I love every part of you , every bit.

I fell in love with all of you.

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Love Sonnet 17: (Pablo Neruda)

 

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom and carries hidden within itself the light of those flowers, and thanks to your love, darkly in my body lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

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Collide: (R.M. Drake)

 

You will be the clouds and I will be the sky.
You will be the ocean and I will be the shore.
You will be the trees and I will be the wind.

Whatever we are, you and I will always collide.

I Choose You: (Tyler Kent White)

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I choose you again and again,

at the start and finish of every single day.

No matter the season no matter the year,

I choose you to struggle and succeed with,

To fight and make up with,

To love and grow old with,

I choose you knowing there are still trails we must travel,

Knowing there are mountains left to climb,

I choose you to always be by my side.

 

I Love You So:

I love you so deeply, I love you so much,

I love the sound of your voice and the way that we touch.

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I love your warm smile and your kind thoughtful way,

the joy that you bring to my life every day.

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I love you today as I have from the start,

and I ‘ll love you forever with all of my heart.

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Buried Light: (Beau Taplin)

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Home is not where, you are from, it is where, you belong.

Some of us travel the whole world to find it.  Others, find it in just one person.

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My Everything:

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You’re my love, my life. The air that I breathe,

You’re my soul, my happiness the all that I need.

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You’re my light, my dark, the stars in the sky,

You’re my up, my down, the reason I try.

 

You’re my strength, my weakness, the love from the start,

You’re my heartache, my pain the beat of my heart.

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You’re my tears and my joy in the love that you bring,

You’re my world my galaxy, you’re my everything.

 

The Wedding Singer: (Movie)

 

I want to make you smile whenever you're sad.

Carry you around when your arthritis is bad.

All I want to do is grow old with you.

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches.

Build you a fire if the furnace breaks.

Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you.

 

I'll miss you, Kiss you, Give you my coat when you are cold.

Need you, Feed you, Even let you hold the remote control.

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink.

Put you to bed if you've had too much to drink.

I could be the man who grows old with you. 

I want to grow old with you.

 

I Didn’t Fall In Love With you:

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I didn’t fall in love with you, I walked into love with you,

with my eyes open, choosing to take every step along the way.

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I do believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway.

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And I’d choose you; In a hundred lifetimes, In a hundred worlds,  In any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.

 

 

Sex and the City: (Movie)

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His hello was the end of her endings.
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle.
His hand would be hers to hold forever.
His forever was as simple as her smile.
He said she was what was missing.
She said instantly she knew.
She was a question to be answered.
And his answer was "I do."

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The Bridge Across Forever: (Richard Bach)

 

A soul mate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soul mate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life.

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I Choose You: (Sara Bareilles) 

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My whole heart, will be yours forever. This is a beautiful start, to a lifelong love letter.

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Tell the world that we finally got it all right. I choose you. I will become yours and you will become mine.

 

We are not perfect, we’ll learn from our mistakes, and as long as it takes, I will prove my love to you. I am not scared of the elements, I am underprepared, but I am willing and even better, I get to be the other half of you.

 

 

Love is an Adventure:  (Pierre Tielhart de Chardin)

 

Love is an adventure and a conquest. It survives and develops like the universe itself only by perpetual discovery. The only right love is that between couples whose passion leads them both, one through the other, to a higher possession of their being. Put your faith in the spirit which dwells between the two of you. You have each offered yourself to the other as a boundless field of understanding, of enrichment, of mutually increased sensibility. You will meet above all by entering into and constantly sharing one another's thoughts, affections, and dreams. There alone, as you know, in spirit, which is arrived through flesh, you will find no disappointments, no limits. There alone the skies are ever open for your love; there alone lies the great road ahead.

 

 

 

The One:

 

When the one whose hand you’re holding is the one who holds your heart,

When the one whose eyes you gaze into gives your hopes and dreams their start,

When the one you think of first and last is the one who hold you tight,

And the things you plan together make the whole world seem just right,

When the one whom you believe in puts their faith and trust in you,

You found the one and only love you’ll share your whole life through.

 

 

Wedding: (Alice Oswald)

 

From time to time our love is like a sail

and when the sail begins to alternate

from tack to tack, it’s like a swallowtail

and when the swallow flies it’s like a coat;

and if the coat is yours, it has a tear

like a wide mouth and when the mouth begins

to draw the wind, it’s like a trumpeter

and when the trumpet blows, it blows like millions …

and this, my love, when millions come and go

beyond the need of us, is like a trick;

and when the trick begins, it’s like a toe

tip-toeing on a rope, which is like luck;

and when the luck begins, it’s like a wedding,

which is like love, which is like everything.

 

 

Blessing of the Hands:

 

These are the hands of your partner, young and strong and full of love, holding your hands as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. These are the hands that will work alongside yours as together you build your future. These are the hands that will hold you and comfort you in grief and uncertainty. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes, tears of sorrow and joy. These are the hands that will hold your family as one. These are the hands that will give you strength. And these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.

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Fairy-tale Wedding:

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Once upon a time, a boy met a girl, she gave him her hand & he held it tight.  Together, they set off down the unknown path in front of them. Sometimes they walked slowly; sometimes at a quicker pace. Sometimes they ran so fast it felt kind of like flying.  Whenever he lost his footing, she steadied him and whenever she tripped, he helped her back up.  Sometimes they didn’t know which direction to go, and although they occasionally lost their way, they never lost each other.  They wandered contentedly and lived happily, forever and always side by side.

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Jane Eyre:  (Charlotte Brontë)

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I have for the first time found what I can truly love, I have found you. You are my sympathy, my better self, my good angel, I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely; a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.

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He’s Not Perfect: (Bob Marley)

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He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most that you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyse. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always  one guy that is perfect for you.

 

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Never Above You: (Walter Winchell)

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Never above you,

Never below you,

But Always beside you.

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Love Song: (Mary Carolyn Davies)

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There is a strong wall about me to protect me:

It is built of the words you have said to me.

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There are swords about me to keep me safe:

They are the kisses of your lips.

 

Before me goes a shield to guard me from harm:

It is the shadow of your arms between me and danger.

 

All the wishes of my mind know your name,

And the white desires of my heart,

They are acquainted with you.

 

The cry of my body for completeness,

That is a cry to you.

My blood beats out your name to me, unceasing, pitiless

Your name, your name.

 

 

The Bargain: (Sir Philip Sidney)

 

My true love hath my heart, and I have his,

By just exchange one for another given:

I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,

There never was a better bargain driven:

My true love hath my heart, and I have his.

 

His heart in me keeps him and me in one,

My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:

He loves my heart, for once it was his own,

I cherish his because in me it bides: 

My true love hath my heart, and I have his.

 

Sensual Pleasure Passes: (Voltarire) 

 

Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye,

but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence,

the delights of the heart, the enchantment of the soul,

these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

I shall love you until I die.

 

 

From This Day Forward:

 

From this day forward,

you shall not walk alone.

 

My heart will be your shelter,

And my arms will be your home.

 

 

I’ll Still be Loving You: (C. David Hay)

 

When your hair has turned to winter and your teeth are in a plate,

when your getter up and go has gone to stop and wait –

I’ll still be loving you.

 

When your attributes have shifted beyond the bounds of grace,

I’ll count your many blessings, not the wrinkles in your face –

I’ll still be loving you.

 

When the crackle in your voice matches that within your knee

and the times are getting frequent that you don’t remember me –

I’ll still be loving you.

 

Growing old is not a sin, it’s something we all do.

I hope you’ll always understand –

I’ll still be loving you.

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I’ll Be There: (Louise Cuddon)

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I’ll be there, my darling, through thick and through thin

When your mind is a mess, when your head’s in a spin

When your plane’s been delayed, when you’ve missed the last train

When life is just threatening to drive you insane

When your thrilling who dun it has lost its last page

When somebody tells you you’re looking your age

When your coffee’s too cool and your wine is too warm

When the forecast said ‘Fine’ but you’re out in a storm

When you ordered the korma but got the Madras

When you wake in the night and are sure you smell gas

When your quick-break hotel is more like a slum

And your holiday photos show only your thumb

When you park for five minutes in a residents’ bay

And return to discover you’ve been towed away

When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste

Stick on your hips and won’t reach round your waist

When the dentist looks into your mouth and just sighs

When your heroes turn out to be wimps in disguise

When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes

When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes

When you’re in extra time and the other team scores

When someone informs you there’s no Santa Claus

When you gaze at the stars and step on a nail

When you know you’ll succeed but, somehow, you fail

When your horoscope tells you you’ll have a good day

So you ask for a rise and your boss says, ‘No way.’

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So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear …

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When you spill your beer, when you shed a tear

When you burn the toast, when you miss the post

When you lose the plot, when I’m all you’ve got

When you break a rule, when you act the fool

When you’ve got the flu, when you’re in a stew

When you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue

Cause I’m telling you,

I’ll be there

I’ll be there

I’ll be there for you.

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No Mistake: (Martha Simms)

 

I know that you were made for me,

and I was made for you.

A wise old owl up in a tree,

told me this was true.

I asked him only yesterday,

if I should marry you?

He answered – ‘I can safely say,

you’re not a twit to woo.’

 

A Word To Husbands: (Ogden Nash)

 

To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the loving cup.

Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; and whenever you’re right, shut up!



 

Silent Unspeakable Memories: (George Eliot)

What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel they are joined for life.  To strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

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Love Is Giving:

Love is giving, not taking,

mending, not breaking,

trusting, believing,

never deceiving,

patiently bearing

and faithfully sharing

each joy, every sorrow,

today and tomorrow.

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Love is kind, understanding,

but never demanding.

Love is constant, prevailing,

its strength never failing.

A promise once spoken

for all time unbroken,

Love’s time is forever.

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The Art of Marriage:

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: the little things are the big ones. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ‘I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.

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On Your Wedding Day:

Today is a day you will always remember

the greatest in anyone’s life.

You’ll start off the day just two people in love

and end it as Husband and Wife.

It’s a brand-new beginning, the start of a journey,

with moments to cherish and treasure

and although there’ll be times when you both disagree

these will surely be outweighed by pleasure.

You’ll have heard many words of advice in the past

when the secrets of marriage were spoken,

but you know that the answers lie hidden inside

where the bond of true love lives unbroken.

So live happy forever as lovers and friends

it’s the dawn of a new life for you,

as you stand there together with love in your eyes

from the moment you whisper, ‘I Do.’

And, with luck, all your hopes and your dreams can be real,

may success find its way to your hearts,

tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys

but today is the day it all starts.

 

 

Irish Toast:

My you have warm words on a cold evening,

a full moon on a dark night,

and the road downhill all the way to your door.

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The Most Wonderful Of All Things In Life: (Sir Hugh Walpole)

The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the year's increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident and the most wonderful of all things in life.

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To Be One With Each Other: (George Eliot)

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?

 

Blessing For A Marriage: (James Dillet Freeman)

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May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.

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May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness.  A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it.  So let it be with you and you.

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May you need one another, but not out of weakness. May you want one another, but not out of lack. May you entice one another, but not compel one another. May you embrace one another, but not out encircle one another. May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults.

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If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back.

May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities. May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another!