“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.comTagged: valentine's day
“The only good thing about Valentine's Day is that gift-giving, while it is economically inefficient, is also kind of an act of empathy, right? You have to imagine what it's like to be someone else, imagine what they would want, and then get it for them.”— John Green, youtube.comTagged: Empathy, Gift-giving