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@Widow
“@Hortensio is it me you're looking for (or my money)? #Love”"
A mighty man of Pisa by report, I know him well.
(2. 1. 80-1)
Posted by Baptista
@Widow
“@Hortensio You're not going to be until all hours with @Petruchio, are you?! #Love”"
You peasant swain! You whoreson malt-horse drudge!
(4. 1. 53)
Posted by Petruchio
@Widow
“I didn't choose the widow life - the widow life chose me #Family”"
Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding slave
. (4. 3. 18-20)
Posted by Katherina
@Tranio
“Time for HOLIDAY! Off to Padua with @Lucentio #Mischief”"
I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wife
With wealth enough…
(1. 2. 61-6)
Posted by Hortensio
@Lucentio
“Padua: WATCH OUT! Me & @Tranio are in town #Mischief”"
Not to bestow my youngest daughter
Before I have a husband for the elder.
(1. 1. 16-8)
Posted by Baptista
@Katherina
“Sadly haven't been able to make anyone cry today. But it is only 4.30... #BoysvsGirls”"
We may yet again have access to our fair mistress, and be happy rivals in Bianca’s love
(1. 1. 63-6)
Posted by Hortensio
@Petruchio
“I come to wive it wealthily in Padua...aka I'm here for the money & women! #GirlsvsBoys”"
Graybeard, thy love doth freeze.
(2. 1. 225)
Posted by Tranio
@Lucentio
““Just seen the most beautiful girl...I think I wanna marry you @Bianca! #Love”"”"
I burn! I pine! I perish, Tranio,
If I achieve not this young modest girl.
(1. 1. 90-1)
Posted by Lucentio
@Baptista
“Am I tweeting...is this tweeting?! Just trying to find a way to follow my daughter - very suspicious... #Family”"
Her silence flouts me, and I’ll be revenged!
(2. 1. 17)
Posted by Katherina
@Hortensio
“@Bianca why won't you answer my calls...or tweets...or private messages? #Love”"
I am Lucentio, son unto Vincentio of Pisa, disguised thus to get your love
(3. 1. 25-7)
Posted by Lucentio
@Petruchio
“I think I just met the love of my life...KATE THE CURSED...I mean her beauty, it's a gift & a curse.... ♥ ♥ ♥ #Love”"
Counsel me, Tranio, for I know thou canst.
(1. 1. 94-5)
Posted by Lucentio
@Tranio
“Promotion time! The name's Lucentio...Signior Lucentio #Disguise”"
Thou shalt be master, Tranio, in my stead
(1. 1. 125)
Posted by Lucentio
@Gremio
“Bianca, I #Love you!”"
And may not young men die as well as old?
(2. 1. 267)
Posted by Gremio
@Katherina
“Making quite a name for myself - Cursed Kate has a ring to it! #GirlsvsBoys”"
O, he hath murdered his master! Lay hold on him, I charge you in the Duke’s name.
(5. 1. 53-5)
Posted by Vincentio
@Lucentio
“Anyone know Latin...? #Disguise time”"
What Tranio did, myself enforced him to;
Then pardon him, sweet father, for my sake.
(5. 1. 81-2)
Posted by Lucentio
@Lucentio
“How's it going @Tranio...or should I say...@Lucentio? XD #Disguise”"
My books and instruments shall be my company
(1. 1. 41-2)
Posted by Bianca
@Tranio
“@Lucentio You've been here like 5 minutes & you've already fallen for a girl?! #Love”"
She is your treasure, she must have a husband,
I must dance barefoot on her wedding day,
(2. 1. 19-21)
Posted by Katherina
@Katherina
“@Petruchio WHO ARE YOU?! #Love”"
You knew my father well, and in him me
(2. 1. 89)
Posted by Petruchio
@Grumio
“Won't be tweeting much - too busy! New #Family”"
You have showed a tender fatherly regard,
To wish me wed to one half lunatic
(2. 1. 193-5)
Posted by Katherina
@Grumio
“@Katherina I just gave you the mustard without the beef like you asked! #Family”"
My father is here looked for every day,
To pass assurance of a dower in marriage
(4. 3. 74-6)
Posted by Tranio
@Grumio
“@Petruchio is married...a master & a mistress...2 people to boss me round! #Family”"
Why, this is flat knavery, to take upon you another man’s name.
(5. 1. 21-2)
Posted by Baptista
@Tranio
“This is getting really confusing...wait, do I have to marry @Bianca now?! #Love”"
My best belovèd and approvèd friend, Hortensio
(1. 2. 3-4)
Posted by Petruchio
@Gremio
“Going off the radar - it's been grand! #Love”"
Faith, he is gone unto the taming school.
(4. 2. 32)
Posted by Tranio
@Gremio
“Don't think this is going to work out with me & @Bianca...apparently I don't have enough money :( #Love”"
And he whose wife is most obedient
To come at first when he doth send for her
Shall win the wager which we will propose.
(5. 2. 49-52)
Posted by Petruchio
@Tranio
“Time to find a fake Dad...all in a day's work! #Family”"
I have often heard Of your entire affection to Bianca
(4. 2. 14-5)
Posted by Tranio
@Hortensio
“Petruchio's in town! I think I have a cunning plan... #Mischief”"
No mates for you,
Unless you were of gentler, milder mold.
(1. 1. 25-6)
Posted by Hortensio
@Bianca
“Can someone PLEASE just marry my sister?! Anyone, please! #Family”"
Sister, content you in my discontent.
(1. 1. 40)
Posted by Bianca
@Baptista
“@Hortensio @Gremio guys, please stop bothering me about my daughter - you know what I've said #Love”"
Where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds their fury.
(2. 1. 102-3)
Posted by Petruchio
@Hortensio
“If music be the food of love...then I'm pretty good at it! #Love”"
Thou must be married to no man but me.
(2. 1. 184-5)
Posted by Petruchio
@Baptista
“Sometimes I wish I had sons... #Family”"
This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.
(4. 1. 121-4)
Posted by Hortensio
@Katherina
“@Bianca is being SO annoying...if anyone asks, she's a bit 'tied up' #Mischief”"
I am in all affected as yourself, Only (good master) study what you most affect.
(1. 1. 11-2)
Posted by Tranio
@Petruchio
“I'm getting married in the morning! Ding, dong the bells are gonna chime! @Grumio, you'd better get me to the church on time #Love”"
If you love the maid,
Bend thoughts and wits to achieve her.
(1. 1. 501-6)
Posted by Tranio
@Petruchio
“Back home sweet home with the missus - skipped 'honeymoon phase' & straight to arguing like a married couple! #BoysvsGirls”"
undertake the teaching of the maid.
(1. 1. 116-8)
Posted by Tranio
@Petruchio
“@Hortensio @Lucentio, fancy a wager...got an interesting bet for you! #GirlsvsBoys”"
I am content to be Lucentio,
Because so well I love Lucentio.
(1. 1. 127-9)
Posted by Tranio
@Hortensio
“So...@Bianca doesn't love me :( Hey, @Widow I hear you're single now...? #Love”"
He fears none.
(1. 2. 147)
Posted by Grumio
@Vincentio
“Bye @Lucentio (peace at last!) #Family”"
Asses are made to bear, and so are you.
(2. 1. 143)
Posted by Katherina
@Bianca
“'Love looks not with the eyes...' TOTALLY agree. For my Dad, it looks with money - he'll sell me off to any Tom, Dick or Harry that's rich! #BoysvGirls”"
Why sir, you know this is your wedding day.
Fie, doff this habit, shame to your estate
(3. 2. 51-2)
Posted by Baptista
@Bianca
“I can't even go to school because SOMEONE'S such a shrew! Although home schooling is quite good...Latin is REALLY interesting with Cambio ;) #Love”"
I warrant him, Petruchio is Kated
(3. 2. 135)
Posted by Gremio
@Vincentio
“That feeling when you turn up at your son's house...to then get turned away by yourself?! #Family no more”"
A senseless villain!
(1. 2. 27)
Posted by Petruchio
@Hortensio
“@Widow Yes dear, whatever you say dear! #Love”"
Unknit that threatening unkind brow
(5. 2. 124-6)
Posted by Katherina
@Bianca
“I do, I do, I do, I do! Utterly helplessly in #Love with Lucentio...I mean Cambio #Disguise”"
Petruchio is the master
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
(4. 2. 34-5)
Posted by Tranio
@Baptista
“@Bianca...you can't think that I'd sell you off?! You know I #Love you both.”"
In time I may believe, yet I mistrust
(3. 1. 41)
Posted by Bianca
@Vincentio
“Off to Padua - checking up on you, Lucentio #Family”"
May you prove, sir, master of your art.
(4. 2. 7)
Posted by Bianca
@Bianca
“Married life is harder than I thought...Lucentio is calling me SO OFTEN! He's even getting my sister to call me?! #BoysvsGirls”"
I will be married to a wealthy widow
(4. 2. 25-6)
Posted by Hortensio
@Katherina
“Dear future husband Here's a few things You'll need to know if you wanna be My one and only all my life... Don't be Petruchio! #Love”"
Have to my widow, and if she be froward,
Then hast [Petruchio] taught Hortensio to be untoward.
(4. 6. 56-7)
Posted by Hortensio
@Baptista
“@Bianca @Katherina Any time you want to visit, my door is open. House is a lot quieter without you both... #Family”"
Now, for my life, Hortensio fears his widow!
(5. 2. 10)
Posted by Petruchio
@Lucentio
“I #Love you @bianca! Let's get married!”"
@Petruchio
“How beautifully the moon is shining this afternoon, don't you agree @Katherine? #BoysvsGirls”"
@Lucentio
“Uh oh! Dad's in town... #Family”"
@Katherina
“So apparently the sun is the moon...one of Petruchio's alternative facts'! #GirlsvsBoys”"