“Our love is old and sure, not new and frantic. You know I’m yours and I know you are mine. And saying that has made me feel romantic, My dearest love, my darling valentine.”— Wendy Cope, telegraph.co.uk
“Penetration of the celebration of Valentine’s Day across many cultures in the world is something that capitalism can cherish.”— fuckyeahpolicydebate, fuckyeahpolicydebate.tumblr.com
“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.com
“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.com
“Valentines Day is just another consumerism boost, where the economy gets a huge pump of money cos u lot need to validate ur love w/ gifts.”— @sedsational, twitter.com
“i dont want flowers on valentines day bc thats what youre "supposed to do" i want flowers on a tuesday bc you thought of me on your way home.”— @grlmsgs, twitter.com
“I don’t know what I hate more: Valentine’s Day or people thinking that the reason that I hate Valentine’s Day because I’m single.”— thechickenpanda, thechickenpanda.tumblr.com
“V-Day is just around the corner, so I wanted to remind all the aromantic people that it’s still ok to not be interested in romance. Even when it seems like everyone around is getting even more into it than usual. Just remember; discount chocolate day is Feb 15!”— independent-ace-aro, independent-ace-aro.tumblr.com
“As a teenager Valentine’s Day was a stressful time. Either I didn’t have a ‘girlfriend’ and was forced to endure a day of hearts, cards and stuffed animals parading through my loneliness or even worse I had a ‘girlfriend’ and felt pressure to provide just the right combination of cards, candy and st…”— Aaron Blaylock, amazon.com
“Valentine's Day is just a capitalist scam, designed to make people currently in a relationship spend unnecessary money in a fruitless attempt to ensure undying love and devotion. For those of us not in a relationship, Valentine's Day is simply added pressure to identify ourselves within the context…”— Heather Helper, amazon.com
“What’s Valentine’s Day about except the desperate search to find someone to spend Valentine’s Day with? It just shows that love has become a marketing campaign, like everything else. You buy into it and lose everything.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“Valentine's Day is a disaster. Any day that is designed to perfectly encapsulate something as messy and personal as two people in a romantic relationship would have to be.”— Joseph Fink, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“Valentine's Day is the most redundant holiday that has ever been birthed by the thoughts of Man.”— Bernie Munro And Ellie Risdale, thesaint-online.com
“Go for an ice cream date. Then walk and talk with your cone.”— Anna Newell Jones, andthenwesaved.com
“Find a coffeehouse that has live music and go there for a night. Even if you have two drinks each coffee is inexpensive and you’ll have paid less than $10 each for a whole night’s activity.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com