Step up all Philip Pullman fans! On first glance, this ceremony reading might be a little bit intense, but that's precisely what makes it so romantic. An excerpt from the acclaimed novel The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, as young adult fiction, it depicts that all-consuming kind of love, which couples don't always allude to on their wedding day. Whether you and your other half are fans of the book, or you simply want to shout your forever love from the rooftops, this might be the wedding reading for you. The words are below, and we have also included a printable that can be downloaded here.

I will love you forever; whatever happens. Till I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead, I’ll drift about forever, all my atoms, till I find you again… I’ll be looking for you, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we’ll cling together so tight that nothing and no one’ll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you… We’ll live in birds and flowers and dragonflies and pine trees and in clouds and in those little specks of light you see floating in sunbeams… And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they won’t just be able to take one, they’ll have to take two, one of you and one of me.

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