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92 Valentine’s Day Quotes to Share with Anyone You Love

A sweet saying for every special someone in your life

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Say what you will about Valentine’s Day, but we can’t help feeling all warm and fuzzy as February 14 approaches. Whether your holiday celebration consists of a fancy gift and a standout meal with your one-and-only or something more low-key like Chinese takeout and a movie with your besties, we can all appreciate an extra dose of affection.

However you’re choosing to celebrate the lovey-dovey holiday this year, we’ve rounded up 92 of our favorite Valentine’s Day quotes about romance and relationships to give you all the inspiration you need for cards, gifts, and, of course, Instagram captions. There are love quotes on romance and friendship from celebs, authors and more, ranging from oh-so-romantic excerpts to laugh-out-loud funny sayings. Share with your partner, kids, family or loved ones to show them how much you care or just to make them laugh. (Also, be sure to check out our other feel-good quotes on PureWow’s Inspirational Quotes Pinterest board.)

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Romantic Valentine's Day Quotes

valentine's day quotes: "Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet." Katharine Lee Bates
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1. "Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet." — Katharine Lee Bates

valentine's day quotes: "Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will." Elaine Davis
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2. "Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will." — Elaine Davis

valentine's day quotes Andre Breton
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3. "All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name." — Andre Breton

valentine's day quotes: “l love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” f. scott fitzgerald
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4. “l love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

valentine's day quotes: “Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” Zelda Fitzgerald
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5. “Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald

valentine's day quotes: “There’s no substitute for a great love who says, ‘No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.’” tom hanks
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6. “There’s no substitute for a great love who says, ‘No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.’” — Tom Hanks

valentine's day quotes: “Valentine's Day is just another day to truly love like there is no tomorrow.” Roy A. Ngansop
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7. “Valentine's Day is just another day to truly love like there is no tomorrow.” — Roy A. Ngansop

valentine's day quotes: “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” elinor glyn
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8. “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” — Elinor Glyn

valentine's day quotes: “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” madonna
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9. “To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.” — Madonna

valentine's day quotes: “You can't blame gravity for falling in love.” albert einstein
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10. “You can't blame gravity for falling in love.” ― Albert Einstein

valentines day quotes: “You don't marry someone you can live with; you marry the person you cannot live without.” — Cecelia Ahern
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11. “You don't marry someone you can live with; you marry the person you cannot live without.” — Cecelia Ahern

valentine's day quotes: “Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything.” katharine hepburn
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12. “Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything.” — Katharine Hepburn

valentine's day quotes: "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." william shakespeare
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13. "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

valentine's day quotes: “When you're lucky enough to meet your one person, then life takes a turn for the best. It can't get better than that.” John Krasinski
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14. “When you're lucky enough to meet your one person, then life takes a turn for the best. It can't get better than that.” — John Krasinski

valentines day quotes: “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
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15. “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire

valentine's day quotes: “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”alfred tennyson
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16. “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.” ― Alfred Tennyson

valentine's day quotes: “Love is when you're committed to helping somebody with their life. Helping them to suffer less, helping them to manage their minds and their emotions.” will smith
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17. “Love is when you're committed to helping somebody with their life. Helping them to suffer less, helping them to manage their minds and their emotions.” — Will Smith

valentines day quotes: “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.” – Plato
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18. “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.” – Plato

valentine's day quotes: “Love by giving and by taking. Give and be given.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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19. “Love by giving and by taking. Give and be given.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

valentine's day quotes: “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” dr. seuss
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20. “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss

valentine's day quotes: “Love to me is someone telling me 'I want to be with you for the rest of my life, and if you needed me to, I’d jump out of a plane for you.'” jennifer lopez
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21. “Love to me is someone telling me 'I want to be with you for the rest of my life, and if you needed me to, I’d jump out of a plane for you.'” — Jennifer Lopez

valentine's day quotes: “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” paulo coelho
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22. “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho

valentine's day quotes: “Love is an endless act of forgiveness.” beyoncé
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23. “Love is an endless act of forgiveness.” — Beyoncé

valentine's day quotes: “Love liberates. It doesn't just hold—that's ego.” maya angelou
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24. “Love liberates. It doesn't just hold—that's ego.” — Maya Angelou

valentine's day quotes: “There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.” reese witherspoon
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25. “There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love.” — Reese Witherspoon

valentine's day quotes: “I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” jane austen
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26. “I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

valentine's day quotes: “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” zora neale hurston
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27. “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” — Zora Neale Hurston

valentine's day quotes: “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” eva gabor
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28. “Love is a game that two can play and both win.” ― Eva Gabor

valentine's day quotes: “When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.” paulo coelho
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29. “When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

valentine's day quotes: “Love is an element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.” laini taylor
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30. “Love is an element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.” ― Laini Taylor, Daughter Of Smoke & Bone


valentines day quotes: “There are good ships. And wood ships. And ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships. And may they always be.” — Irish Proverb
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31. “There are good ships. And wood ships. And ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships. And may they always be.” — Irish Proverb

valentine's day quotes: “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” max muller
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32. “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” — Max Muller

valentine's day quotes: “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” robert frost
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33. “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” — Robert Frost

valentine's day quotes: "There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." george sand
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34. "There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." — George Sand

valentine's day quotes: “Everything is clearer when you're in love.” john lennon
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35. “Everything is clearer when you're in love.” — John Lennon

valentine's day quotes: “Your flaws are perfect for the heart that's meant to love you.” trent shelton
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36. “Your flaws are perfect for the heart that's meant to love you.” — Trent Shelton

valentine's day quotes: "The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my fifties, I realized that I had to step up to the plate." jane fonda
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37. "The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my fifties, I realized that I had to step up to the plate." — Jane Fonda

valentine's day quotes: “Love is the hardest habit to break and the most difficult to satisfy.” drew barrymore
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38. “Love is the hardest habit to break and the most difficult to satisfy.” — Drew Barrymore

valentine's day quotes: “The real love is the man who can thrill you just by kissing your head or smiling into your eyes or just by staring into space.” marilyn monroe
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39. “The real love is the man who can thrill you just by kissing your head or smiling into your eyes or just by staring into space.” — Marilyn Monroe

valentine's day quotes: "Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” david wilkerson
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40. "Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” — David Wilkerson

valentine's day quotes: “Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” franklin p. jones
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41. “Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones

valentine's day quotes: "You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love in spite of the fact that they're not." jodi picoult
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42. "You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love in spite of the fact that they're not." — Jodi Picoult

valentines day quotes sarah dessen
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43. "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." — Sarah Dessen

valentine's day quotes: “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” paulo coelho
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44. “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” — Paulo Coelho

valentine's day quotes: “But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than mumbling three words before bedtime.” nicholas sparks

45. “But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than mumbling three words before bedtime.” — Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

valentine's day quotes: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." nat king cole
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46. "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." — Nat King Cole

valentine's day quotes: "There are never enough I Love You's." lenny bruce

47. "There are never enough I Love You's." — Lenny Bruce 

valentine's day quotes: "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead." oscar wilde

48. "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead." — Oscar Wilde 

valentine's day quotes: “Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.” vincent van gogh
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49. “Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.” — Vincent van Gogh 

valentine's day quotes: "Love is the beauty of the soul." saint augustine
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50. "Love is the beauty of the soul." — Saint Augustine 

valentine's day quotes: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” lao tzu
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51. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu 

valentine's day quotes: “Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.” antoine de saint-exupéry
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52. “Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars

valentine's day quotes: "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." aristotle

53. "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." — Aristotle 

valentine's day quotes: “I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me, with me.” eartha kitt
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54. “I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me, with me.” — Eartha Kitt

valentine's day quotes: "Love is the greatest refreshment in life." pablo picasso

55. "Love is the greatest refreshment in life." — Pablo Picasso  

valentine's day quotes: “You can’t measure love by time put in, but the weight of those moments. Some in life are light, like a touch. Others, you can’t help but stagger beneath.” sarah dessen
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56. “You can’t measure love by time put in, but the weight of those moments. Some in life are light, like a touch. Others, you can’t help but stagger beneath.” ― Sarah Dessen, Once And For All

valentine's day quotes: "Love is the poetry of the senses." honoré de balzac

57. "Love is the poetry of the senses." — Honoré de Balzac 

valentine's day quotes: "A simple 'I love you' means more than money." frank sinatra
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58. "A simple 'I love you' means more than money." — Frank Sinatra, "Tell Her"

valentine's day quotes: "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." plato

59. "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." — Plato 

valentine's day quotes: “If grass can grow through cement, love can find you every time.” cher
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60. “If grass can grow through cement, love can find you every time.” — Cher


valentine's day quotes: “True love is like little roses, sweet, fragrant in small doses.” Ana Claudia Antunes
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61. “True love is like little roses, sweet, fragrant in small doses.” — Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot & Columbine

valentine's day quotes: “To love at all is to be vulnerable." c.s. lewis
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62. “To love at all is to be vulnerable." — C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

valentines day quotes john mark green
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63. “And if the stars should ever die, we’ll make our own light, you and I.” — John Mark Green

valentines day quotes princess diana
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64. “I don't go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.” — Princess Diana

Valentine's Day Quotes From Movies & TV

valentines day quotes: “Some people are worth melting for.” – Olaf, Frozen
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65. “Some people are worth melting for.” – Olaf, Frozen

valentines day quotes: “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” – Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice
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66. “You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” – Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

valentines day quotes: “When I look at you, I can feel it. I look at you, and I’m home.” – Dory, Finding Nemo
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67. “When I look at you, I can feel it. I look at you, and I’m home.” – Dory, Finding Nemo

valentine's day quotes: “You and I are meant to be together. Period. The end. Cue happy-ending music.” Dawson Leery
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68. “You and I are meant to be together. Period. The end. Cue happy-ending music.” — Dawson Leery, Dawson’s Creek

valentine's day quotes: "I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love." carrie bradshaw

69. "I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love." — Carrie Bradshaw

valentine's day quotes: “It’s fate. It’s destiny. We both like burritos.” Seth Cohen

70. “It’s fate. It’s destiny. We both like burritos.” — Seth Cohen, The O.C.

valentine's day quotes: “The single most extraordinary thing I've ever done with my life is fall in love with you.” beth pearson
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71. “The single most extraordinary thing I've ever done with my life is fall in love with you.” — Beth Pearson, This Is Us

valentine's day quotes: “Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.” nicholas sparks
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72. “Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.” ― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk To Remember

valentines day quotes: “I wish I knew how to quit you.” — Brokeback Mountain
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73. “I wish I knew how to quit you.” — Brokeback Mountain

valentine's day quotes: "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." john green
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74. "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." — John Green, The Fault In Our Stars

Valentine's Day Quotes About Friendship

valentines day quotes: “I found out what the secret to life is: friends. Best friends.” — Ninny Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
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75. “I found out what the secret to life is: friends. Best friends.” — Ninny Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes

valentines day quotes: “Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.” – Mandy Hale
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76. “Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.” – Mandy Hale

valentine's day quotes: Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good times and bad. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.” ann landers
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77. “Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good times and bad. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.” — Ann Landers

valentine's day quotes: “If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” princess diana
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78. “If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.” — Princess Diana

valentine's day quotes: “Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around.” bob marley
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79. “Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around.” — Bob Marley

valentine's day quotes: "When you're comfortable with someone you love, the silence is the best." britney spears
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80. "When you're comfortable with someone you love, the silence is the best." — Britney Spears

valentine's day quotes: "If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love." maya angelou
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81. "If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love." — Maya Angelou

valentine's day quotes: “They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.” bil keane
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82. “They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.” — Bil Keane

valentine's day quotes: “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” lucille ball

83. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball

Funny Valentine's Day Quotes

valentine's day quotes: “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” Charles Schulz 

84. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” — Charles Schulz 

valentine's day quotes: “Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.” Will Ferrell
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85. “Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow internet to see who they really are.” — Will Ferrell

valentine's day quotes: “Valentine’s Day is one of those things that if I have a boyfriend, I love it and I think it’s the greatest thing in the world. And if I’m single, I just wish the day never existed.” nina dobrev
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86. “Valentine’s Day is one of those things that if I have a boyfriend, I love it and I think it’s the greatest thing in the world. And if I’m single, I just wish the day never existed.” — Nina Dobrev

valentine's day quotes: "I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." rita rudner
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87. "I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." — Rita Rudner

valentine's day quotes: “I used to think this day was a conspiracy of chocolatiers and florists, but I realize that taking a day out of our busy lives to celebrate the love in our lives is so important and should be every day.” ian somerhalder
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88. “I used to think this day was a conspiracy of chocolatiers and florists, but I realize that taking a day out of our busy lives to celebrate the love in our lives is so important and should be every day.” — Ian Somerhalder

valentine's day quotes: “True love is singing karaoke ‘Under Pressure’ and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.” mindy kaling
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89. “True love is singing karaoke ‘Under Pressure’ and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.” — Mindy Kaling

valentine's day quotes: “Look, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.” fernando pessoa

90. “Look, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.” — Fernando Pessoa

valentine's day quotes: “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.” robert fulghum
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91. “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.” — Robert Fulghum

valentine's day quotes: “Without Valentine’s Day, February would be…well, January.” jim gaffigan
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92. “Without Valentine’s Day, February would be…well, January.” — Jim Gaffigan 


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