Help! Wedding toasts & quotes
 

Hey everyone! So, here's where I'm stuck. My best friend is getting married in a week, and I am giving a speech at the reception. I have most of what I want to say down (in my head at least), but I want to find a really great quote about marriage or love or something to add to it.

Do any of you have any really great ones? I would really appreaciate any help that ya'll could give. I want to make my speech really great for her and her fiance.

Thanks so much!

Linz

This is one of my favorite quotes of all time. It's from my favorite book, On the Road, by Jack Kerouac.

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"- Jack Kerouac in On the Road

This is read by Carrie in Sex and the City, and I think it's wonderful!

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."

That is REALLY awesome. Really. Awesome and not at all cheesy like most quotes are -- I love it!!

"Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful."
-Bishop Jeremy Taylor, also from the ending of Forces of Nature

I love this quote. My husband's super cool cousin wrote this in her card for our wedding.

This is a mixture of several quotes and is the last part of the "speech" I gave at my sister's wedding. I cannot tell you the original authors...:

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Faith makes all things possible, Hope makes all things bright, and Love makes all things easy.

This isn't appropriate but I loved my sister's brother-in-law's toast at her wedding:

"May all your ups & downs be in the bedroom."