Quotes tagged ‘valentine's day’

“You’re well known for your clear, practical vision, Taurus, but it’s time to really think about what you want and the way you feel without rationalizing your way out of it.”

— Callie Byrnes, collective.world

“A quarter of Americans buy gifts for more than one romantic partner.”

— Allen Givens, finder.com

“As Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s important to think about whose love stories get told — but these questions also remain year-round. Often, it’s the same homogenous, heterosexual, able-bodied couple popping up on book jackets and receiving film adaptations. Teen boys of color are rarely the heroes…”

— Kaitlyn McNab, teenvogue.com

“Happy Valentine's Day, my little baby Bunsen burner.”

— Andrew Goldberg, Jennifer Flackett, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, Constance "Connie" the Hormone Monstress, Maya Rudolph, imdb.com

“Johnny: I remember I broke up with Stacy Laruzzo a week before Valentine's Day. I got back with her a week after. No chocolates, no roses... Eric: No class.”

— Brian Burns, Cliff Dorfman, Eric Murphy, Kevin Connolly, imdb.com

“Valentine’s Day prompts many of us to send messages of love to the special people in our lives. But I’d like to propose a new tradition. Why not use this day to start being kinder to ourselves?”

— Tara Parker-Pope, nytimes.com

“Just because you're not in love doesn't mean you shouldn't post up with a good movie.”

— Tom Philip, gq.com

“Blogger and podcaster @Oloni started her annual Valentine's Day challenge, which involves women messaging their crushes in an attempt to get a date with them on February 14, and the results have, once again, entertained many.”

— Twitter, twitter.com

“My perfect Valentine's day? I'm at home, three cell phones in front of me, fielding desperate calls from people who want to buy one of the fifty restaurant reservations I made over six months ago.”

— Randall Einhorn, Dwight Schrute, Rainn Wilson, imdb.com

“What's the big deal with Valentine's Day? It's a made-up holiday.”

— Victor Levin, Paul Buchman, Paul Reiser, imdb.com

“Valentine's Day is coming? Aw crap, I forgot to get a girlfriend again!”

— Ken Keeler, Philip J. Fry , Billy West, imdb.com

“Annie: Hey, you know, don't stay up too late and um... don't eat too much junk food and have a good time! Matt: How are they gonna have a good time if they can't eat junk food and can't stay up late?”

— Brenda Hampton, Matt Camden, Barry Watson, imdb.com

“Roxie: Miles, tell her that Valentine's Day is nothing more than a bogus holiday engineered by the greeting card industry. Miles: In cahoots with the flower companies and candy manufacturers. I have a hunch the Trilateral Commission is also involved. Sabrina: That's so cute, I never realized how muc…”

— Dan Berendsen, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“Marion: Your father once even sent me a five-pound box of candy on Valentine's Day anonymously. He was a devil. Howard: I never ever sent you a five-pound box of candy. Marion: You didn't? Howard: No, I didn't. Marion: Then I must have married the wrong man.”

— Jack Winter, Marion Cunningham, Marion Ross, imdb.com

“I like holidays that celebrate service or sacrifice, historical figures who embodied our values. But I don't really see a point of a holiday that celebrates romantic love, I mean, if you need to be reminded to like your romantic partner, you're doing it wrong.”

— John Green, youtube.com

“You say you’re going to be alone on Valentine’s Day, but you forget about the insects, ghosts, & surveillance devices in your home.”

— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com

“I have slept with you all night long while the dark earth spins with the living and the dead, and on waking suddenly in the midst of the shadow my arm encircled your waist. Neither night nor sleep could separate us.”

— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com

“At night I dream that you and I are two plants that grew together, roots entwined, and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth, since we are made of earth and rain.”

— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com

“But I love your feet only because they walked upon the earth and upon the wind and upon the waters, until they found me.”

— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep…”

— Pablo Neruda, amazon.com