“Love is nothing at all if not spontaneous. This is why Valentine's Day is normally doomed. Love comes and goes, and you cannot say when you will be overwhelmed by passion for your partner, or for that matter, overcome by dislike. The cranking up of expectations merely makes love into an artificial,…”— Tim Lott, theguardian.comTagged: valentine's day, Love
“The whole event has been corrupted, as are so many traditions, by the intrusion of commerce into the equation. It is not a tribute to love, it is more akin to a tax.”— Tim Lott, theguardian.comTagged: valentine's day, Capitalism