England's most famous playwright, William Shakespeare, came third with a line from his play about star-crossed lovers "Romeo and Juliet": "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."

　　Britons have chosen a line from Emily Bronte's novel "Wuthering Heights" as the most romantic in English literature -- just in time for Valentine's Day.

　　A poll of 2,000 adults commissioned by Warner Home Video to mark the DVD release of the romantic comedy "Going the Distance" showed 20 percent of respondents chose the line: "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

　　Fictional character Catherine Earnshaw's comment on her love for Heathcliff was followed by Winnie-The-Pooh, the fictional bear created by English writer AA Milne: "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you."

　　England's most famous playwright, William Shakespeare, came third with a line from his play about star-crossedlovers "Romeo and Juliet": "But soft! What light through yonderwindow breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."

　　A list of quotes and their ranking by respondents follows:

　　1. "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" - Emily Bronte

　　2. "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you" - A A Milne

　　3. "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun" - Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet"