VALENTINE'S DAY QUOTES III
quotations about Valentine's Day
Because women are so into relationships, Valentine's Day is one of the most important days of the year for them. We men tend to brush it off because guys don't tend to think about a special "love day." We also tend to forget Christmas and Thanksgiving and her birthday and our anniversary, which is a horrible way to treat God's gift to us. They deserve so much better than a last-minute rush of a shopping trip. We don't mean to forget, we just do.
CHUCK SNYDER
The Way to a Woman's Heart: A Road Map to a Successful Marriage
My wife and I won't be celebrating Valentine's Day this year. Valentine's Day is about romance and 15 years together has tested that particular fantasy -- like many others -- to the limit. Real life has the upper hand.
TIM LOTT
"Valentine's Day is divisive in a way love isn't meant to be", The Guardian, February 12, 2016
I enjoyed some high school Valentine's Day dances. But there were other times when I stood against the wall, wondering why no one wanted to boogie with me. And as a single young woman, I had years when the holiday meant long-stemmed roses and candlelight dinners and others that saw me playing Solitaire until bedtime.
KATHY IDE
21 Days of Love: Stories That Celebrate Treasured Relationships
Guess what? There's no law saying you must celebrate Valentine's Day. Not since the last time I checked, anyway. If you find Valentine's Day painful, corny, commercial, or plain old irritating, ignore it. Abracadabra, Valentine's Day is gone. Poof!
VIKKI ZIEGLER
"Valentine's Day Is Just Another Tricky Day When You're Divorced", Huffington Post, January 26, 2017
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
CHARLES M. SCHULZ
attributed, Quotes To Remember
The funniest place to be on Valentine's Day is the drugstore checkout line at around 7 p.m. The only place you'll see desperation like that is at a casino in Vegas, standing in line for the ATM.
JIMMY KIMMEL
Jimmy Kimmel Live, February 13, 2017
Valentine's Day can bring scrutiny on and strain your relationship. Rather than a happy occasion, it can feel like a Law and Order interrogation. Where is this relationship going? Do you love me? Why do we argue so much? Why do my parents call you a bum? When are you going to get a better job? When are we going to get married? When will we live in the same city? Is a yak really a good pet? Who is that other person that's sleeping in the bed with us?
BRUCE Y. LEE
"If You're Not Happy During Valentine's Day, You're Not Alone", Forbes, February 14, 2017
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single, flashing, throbbing moment.
SARAH DESSEN
The Truth About Forever
Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A Midsummer Night's Dream
This February 14th I declare V-Day; no, not V for Valentine ... V for Victory over a longstanding holiday that has twisted the hearts and minds of all who have been unfortunate enough to have been brainwashed by its evil pull since first placing store bought cards into tiny shoeboxes in elementary school. V for Victory over greedy swine toying with the emotional well being of the public at large to increase profit margins. But most importantly, V for Victory over longstanding feelings of inadequacy and unhappiness based on an arbitrary date on a calendar.
ALEXANDER KERN
"I Heart the Crotchety Bastard or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Be Indifferent to Valentine's Day", February 14, 2006
Do skunks celebrate Valentine's Day? Sure, they're very scent-imental!
JIM KRAUS
The Laugh-a-Day Book of Bloopers, Quotes & Good Clean Jokes
Stay, little Valentine, stay,
Each day is Valentine's day.
LORENZ HART
"My Funny Valentine"
Valentine's Day is the worst. It is the most self-sabotaging, cut-your-nose-off-to-spite-your-face holiday we human beings have been stupid enough to come up with. This unmitigated annual disaster is devoted to celebrating, and so putting a microscope to, societal mores about what it means to be in romantic love. (And so also the even-more-fun part, hahaha -- the lonely inverse!)
DAVE BRY
"Valentine's Day expectations are a setup for heartbreak", The Guardian, February 14, 2016
It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids on their windows by January second to rub it in.
JOAN BAUER
Thwonk
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
Prometheus Unbound
Sure, of all days that ever were dated,
Valentine's Day is the fullest of news;--
Then ev'ry lass expects to be mated
And Cupid goes round collecting his dues!
THOMAS HOOD
"Valentine's Day"
Speaking of prisoners, this should be an interesting Valentine's Day at the White House. For instance, will Donald Trump get flowers from Vladimir Putin? We don't know. And what about his wife Melania? Will they spend the night together or will she remain trapped like Rapunzel at their apartment in New York? Melania has a new line of greeting cards. They carry them at CVS: "Happy Valentine's Day" (open it) "Save Me."
JIMMY KIMMEL
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, February 8, 2017
There's a Goodwill store in Sarasota, Florida where they're asking people who have been through a breakup recently to donate their ex's old belongings for Valentine's Day. It's a great idea. They should rename themselves GoodRiddance instead of Goodwill.
JIMMY KIMMEL
Jimmy Kimmel Live, February 11, 2016
I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face, I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you ... and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON
A Lick of Frost
Valentine's Day is here again, and like most unattached women in the United States, I'm filled with a vague sense of panic, fear and dread. What was meant to be a holiday to express your love for the one you care about has now become (a) a contest between coworkers for who can get the best flower arrangement delivered to their office, (b) a month-long guilt session from one half of an unsatisfied couple to the other, using the holiday as an excuse to vent their anger for being in a loveless relationship, (c) one more occasion for single men to skirt the constant badgering for a commitment ... or (d) a day-long seminar on depression where women sit at home alone, over-eating, watching must-see-TV, wondering if they will ever find someone to love and honor and cherish them and save them from the horrible fate of becoming the dreaded "old maid."
JANET LEE KUYPERS
"The Wrath of Valentine's Day", Rinse and Repeat