Georgette HeyerI comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire-- I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.
About This Quote
This quote is widely accepted as a reference to the now widely known story of the Montagues and Capulets. In Shakespeare's play, the Montagues and Capulets are sworn enemies and threaten to destroy each other by killing their children. The Capulets want to honor their deal and take the children of the Montagues, while the Montagues threaten to kill their own if they do so. The Capulets agree to honor the deal but deny that they have ever made any agreement about killing their children.
When Romeo rescues Juliet from her window, he makes it clear that he only saved her because she was promised to him. This quote is about how sometimes people can sacrifice themselves for another person.
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