The course of true love never did run smooth
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The course of true love never did run smooth — plus now there’s werewolves! — in the new fantasy sequel “Zombies 2.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
The course of true love never did run smooth, especially through the twisting trenches of the Western Front.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
The sentiment is one that the best poet — a queer poet — of the English language spent a lifetime trying to articulate: The course of true love never did run smooth.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2018
"The course of true love never did run smooth," a video caption reads.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2017
Ah me! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth!
From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir
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