Lots of couples tell us they'd love to use a ceremony reading from Roald Dahl for their wedding, but there's nothing in his most famous children's books that quite fits the bill. Which is where this excerpt from My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl comes in. A piece from one of his adult novels, Dahl himself called it his "longest and dirtiest story", in fact, the initial version of My Uncle Oswald was first published in Playboy. So there's a fun back story to this one, but all your guests need to know is that it's a short, but resonating wedding reading about passion!

Excerpt from My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl

I began to realise how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.

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