For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a mini-series of wedding reading inspiration. We’ve covered romantic (but not cheesy) wedding readings, geeky wedding readings, readings from children’s books, and long, non-traditional wedding readings.
To finish things up, this week, we’re looking at short wedding readings you might not have seen before. Readings like…
Short and sweet (but not too sweet) wedding readings
Excerpt from Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
He knew why he wanted to kiss her.
Because she was beautiful.
And before that, because she was kind.
And before that, because she was smart and funny.
Because she was exactly the right kind of smart and funny.
Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her without ever getting bored.
Because whenever he saw something new and interesting,
or new and ridiculous,
he always wondered what she’d have to say about it –
how many stars she’d give it and why.
Excerpt from Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Nobody’s lives just fit together.
Fitting together is something you work at.
It’s something you make happen –
because you love each other.
Excerpt from Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Happily ever after,
or even just together ever after,
is not cheesy…
It’s the noblest…
the most courageous thing
two people can shoot for.
Excerpt from The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
All my life I thought that
the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged —
after all, what’s good enough for Jane Austen
ought to be good enough for anyone.
But it’s a lie.
The story is about to begin,
and every day will be a new piece of the plot.
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you,
or has loved you,
or will love you,
and also,
I love you in a way that no one loves you,
or has loved you,
or will love you,
and also,
I love you in a way that I love no one else,
and never have loved anyone else,
and never will love anyone else.
Short and funny wedding readings
Excerpt from Landline by Rainbow Rowell
I love you more than I hate everything else.
To Keep Your Marriage Brimming by Ogden Nash
To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong admit it;
Whenever you’re right shut up.
Excerpt from The Princess Bride by William Goldman
You tell me what’s worthwhile –
true love is the best thing in the world,
except for cough drops.
Everybody knows that.
I’m Gonna Be by Craig Reid
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man
Who walks a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
Da da da.
Da da da.
Da da da dun diddle
Un diddle un diddle uh da.
Yes. Those are the lyrics to The Proclaimers song.
And yes, I did ask my niece to say them, da da das and all, entirely straightfaced, at my wedding.
And yes, I do maintain it was one of the best decisions I made about the whole day…
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