Anti-Valentines Day Quotes and Sayings

Love is in the air...and in Hallmarks bank. Look around you on Valentines Day—every retailer is cashing in on the romance. Kitschy love cards, gigantic teddy bears, heart-shaped balloons, and chocolates fill store shelves, and consumers are happy to participate. If youre in a happy relationship, Valentines Day may mean a special date night or gifts of admiration. If youre single, however, it can be a reminder of the partnership you dont currently have, making the holiday frankly quite annoying. You may not have a dinner date, but youre not alone in your cynicism. To help you feel the camaraderie, here is a compilation of anti-Valentines Day quotes for the anti-Valentine in you. Happy Singles Awareness Day! Anti-Valentines Day Quotes W. Somerset Maugham: Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. Jay Leno: Today is Valentines Day. Or, as men like to call it, extortion day. Josà © Ortega y Gasset: We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfection upon another person. One day, the fantasy evaporates and with it, love dies. Bonnie Raitt: I cant make you love me if you dont. J. Geils Band: Love stinks. Laurell K. Hamilton: Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes its just another way to bleed. William Shakespeare: The course of true love never did run smooth. Mother Teresa: There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives—the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. Lauren Hammond: You, my dear, are a creature of the night, you are a vampire.