Beautiful wedding vows touch our very essence. They express the reality that mankind is wired to embrace commitment in relationships, bound together by love.
Your marriage ceremony builds to the vows. Talk about drama. The rest of your life is defined by these few moments. That’s why the words you say are worth considering carefully. If you’re looking for inspiration, you can find exquisite expressions of love throughout literary classics. These examples are not vows per se, but perhaps they’ll arouse your creative juices as you craft your own.
You May Recognize These Words From Your Childhood
What better place to start than with the touching sentiments associated with that most lovable of literary characters, Winnie the Pooh, and authored by A.A. Milne?
The passage reminds us that love gives courage, strength, and reassurance. Even when two people are apart, deep love says, “I’ll always be with you.” That simple idea makes it a beautiful starting point for couples writing vows rooted in steadiness and devotion.
A More Passionate Approach
Here’s a more passionate approach by the great Victor Hugo as it appeared in his watershed novel, “Les Misérables.” Hugo presents love as something spiritual, immortal, and impossible to extinguish.
That’s a powerful theme for wedding vows: love is not merely emotion. It is a force that shapes the soul and endures beyond circumstance.
This One Smolders
Check out the smoldering language of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë. Brontë’s famous passage suggests two souls so deeply connected that they seem made of the same substance.
That may be a dramatic level of intensity for everyday married life, but it captures something many couples feel on their wedding day: this person is not simply someone I love. This person is part of who I am.
Here Are A Couple Of Beauties From The Princess Bride
Do you remember the movie, “The Princess Bride?” It was written by William Goldman, who gave readers and viewers some wonderfully romantic language.
One line imagines love not as a grain of sand, but as a whole universe of beaches. Another describes the beloved as the final thought at night and the first presence in the morning.
That’s exactly the kind of image that can help couples write vows with personality. You don’t have to sound formal. You simply have to sound true.
“Love Is Not Breathlessness…”
Here’s a beauty from the novel “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” by Louis de Bernières. The passage argues that early passion is only part of love. Real love is what remains when excitement settles into commitment.
That may be one of the most useful ideas for wedding vows. Marriage is not only about the flowers, the music, the dress, or the first dance. It is about choosing the same person again and again after the first rush has faded into something deeper.
A Romantic Thought From Dr. Zhivago
Let’s end with a beautiful idea from the great Russian writer Boris Pasternak and the romantic sentiments expressed in “Dr. Zhivago.” Pasternak imagines two people as if they were taught love in heaven and sent to earth together.
Whether these speak to you or not, use them to help you think outside the box as you consider the most important words you’ll ever speak.
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