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Wedding Ceremony readings

Wedding ceremony readings can be nonreligious and all about love — we’ve got tons of examples of wedding readings from books, songs, poems, and more! Be sure to check out ALL our wedding ceremony advice like how to officiate a wedding, dozens of wedding ceremony scripts, and even wedding vow examples! We’ve also got info about handfasting and other unity ceremonies. You’ll want to start here: Wedding Ceremony 101.

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Sweet, serious, and non-gaggy: a few of y’all’s very favorite wedding readings about love

When we’re doing our wedding profiles, we noticed some trends in nontraditional readings… readings that clearly Offbeat Brides tend to adore.

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52 incredibly romantic and not (too) cheesy love & wedding quotes

I culled my quotes file and nailed down fifty-two bad-ass quotes that I adore and that I’m sharing with you now. I used most of these on our wedding favors. A few of these are old favorites of Offbeat Bride, but a lot of them I’ve never seen on a wedding site. So enjoy and begin compiling and culling your own metric fuckload of quotes!

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Funny wedding readings to make you laugh AND cry

We already gave you awesome wedding readings for bad-ass couples, but what if you’re less bad-ass and more wonderfully weird? Here are some lighthearted, funny, and silly wedding readings taken from Dr. Seuss, Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams, and believe it or not, they’re both weird and wonderful… just like YOU!

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Sweet and silly wedding readings from children’s books

If you and your partner are both kids-at-heart looking for a wedding reading to highlight your sweet and silly sides, these passages from children’s books just might be perfect!