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One thing I am very eager to incorporate into our wedding is my love of quotes. For me, a familiar quote often evokes memories of events or times in my life. Much like songs, quotes really resonate with me by helping me celebrate the happy times in my life and strengthening my resolve during the trying times.

Some of my favorite quotes on love, marriage, and romantic sentiment include:

True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach

Live in the moment and make it beautiful that it will be worth remembering. ~Fanny Crosby

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. ~Souza

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~Helen Keller

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why they call it the present. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

If I know what love is, it is because of you. ~Herman Hesse

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. ~Janos Arany

We had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches, we found that we were one tree and not two. ~ from de Bernieres’s novel, Corelli’s Mandolin

All you need is love ~John Lennon & Paul McCartney

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~Judy Garland

Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be. ~Robert Browning

It doesn’t matter if the guy is perfect or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other. ~from Good Will Hunting

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. ~Oscar Wilde

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. ~from When Harry Met Sally

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. ~Audrey Hepburn

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D’Angelo, The College Blue Book

Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and all the things you do. ~Coldplay

Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale. ~Unknown

It’s a lot of quotes, I know, but I love them so.

For a long time I was stumped on how to properly include quotes in our wedding. And, like all divine wedding inspiration, the perfect idea presented itself to me when I was shamelessly searching wedding blogs for inspiration for something else.

Photo by Tyler Boye via Style Me Pretty

I’m not sure how I can express just how much I love this. When I saw this picture, I knew I had to do this or something very similar to this at our wedding.

Then a few months later I saw this, which also made my heart flutter:

Photos by Clayton Austin / Banners by Kara Melwood (via Etsy) / Via Green Wedding Shoes

I am loving the idea of highlighting a particular quote at our reception. I haven’t quite figured out the best way to make this happen, and I am nowhere close to picking out the quote we will use, but these photos have my mind racing with ideas. We could use lights, vinyl cut-outs, or a giant screenprint to showcase our wedding quote for all our guests to see.

Seeing these inspiration photos also got me thinking about incorporating quotes into other aspects of the wedding, such as programs, welcome bags, the guestbook, cocktail napkins, or anything else I can convince Mr. Pony would look better with a quote on it.

Like Mrs. Doxie did on her adorable invitations:

Image via Mrs. Dachshund

Or like these wonderful cocktail napkins from Mrs. Cheesburger:

Photo by Jessica Ames via Mrs. Cheeseburger

I am very excited to find fun, feasible ways to incorporate my love of quotes into our wedding day. My hope is that in the months and years following our wedding, when I see or hear our wedding quote, it will bring me back to the love and happiness that surrounded us on our wedding day.