With just hours to go until we ring in a brand new year, we wanted to bring you a fantastic short wedding ceremony reading suggestion from the ultimate New Year’s Eve movie, Billy Wilder’s iconic romantic comedy from 1960, The Apartment (if you haven’t seen it, grab what’s left of the box of chocolates and get watching!)

If you’re hoping to include a couple of short wedding ceremony readings in your big day, this quote is just perfect. Spoken by the film’s protagonist, Bud, played by Jack Lemmon, to the object of this affection, Fran, played by Shirley MacLaine, it’s hopelessly romantic without being schmaltzy.

Ceremony Reading: Quote from The Apartment

You know, I used to live
like Robinson Crusoe.
Shipwrecked, among eight million people.
And then one day I saw
a footprint in the sand…
and there you were.

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