In episode  76 of our podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Elizabeth and I talked about a question from listener Sarah — she asked for ideas for good wedding readings.

We asked listeners for their suggestions, and we received so many terrific ones. So many, in fact, that we couldn’t possibly have read them during the podcast.

So I decided to create a PDF of some of the outstanding choices.

If you’d like to get your copy of the suggestions for wedding readings, click here to request.

I included the readings from my own wedding — they’re marked with an asterisk. If you want to hear me read “I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone,” the very short Richard Brautigan story that was read at my wedding, you can hear me read it here. How I love that story.

Elizabeth doesn’t remember what was read at her wedding! She was in a crazy period at work, and my mother did almost all the planning for the wedding, and Elizabeth and Adam picked their readings so close to the actual day, that now none of us remember.

It was so much fun to read people’s submissions. If you have a quotation you’d like to add, write it in the comments below. People really love to see what other people have used for wedding readings.