It's gonna be All Hearts Day and it would just be a day filled with romantic exchanges of thoughts and stares. Everything may just be filled with red roses and chocolates of any kind- romantic symbols of love.
Certainly, the doubtfuls may just be batting some eyelashes at the super mushy manifestations of those who are lovestruck. As they say, Love is blind. Some people may tend to be so demonstrative, so showy in all its form but actually has no substance at all.
The kind of celebration that we do have has become a commercial enterprise, a money-raking industry wherein most people - ordinary, elite and celebrities capitalize on.
From simple dinners into concerts, from roses into chocolates and cards - they all have one thing in common - sky rocketing prices.
Does love has a price? What is its price?
The answer would definitely depend on how much you would want your celebration to cost you but the bottom line here is this: It's how you put emphasis on what you really feel toward that special person and not the amount you've spent on it. As the cliche goes: It's the thought that counts.
A simple greeting would do, a personalized card, a verse or a poem...
So here are some verses and quotations from famous people who have made their share in greeting us without spending so much - just touching our hearts.
"One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry." - Oscar Wilde
"How do I love thee...Let me count the ways..." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Her love, it's like the wind. I can't see it but I can feel it." - Shane West (Landon Carter), A Walk to Remember
Certainly, the doubtfuls may just be batting some eyelashes at the super mushy manifestations of those who are lovestruck. As they say, Love is blind. Some people may tend to be so demonstrative, so showy in all its form but actually has no substance at all.
The kind of celebration that we do have has become a commercial enterprise, a money-raking industry wherein most people - ordinary, elite and celebrities capitalize on.
From simple dinners into concerts, from roses into chocolates and cards - they all have one thing in common - sky rocketing prices.
Does love has a price? What is its price?
The answer would definitely depend on how much you would want your celebration to cost you but the bottom line here is this: It's how you put emphasis on what you really feel toward that special person and not the amount you've spent on it. As the cliche goes: It's the thought that counts.
A simple greeting would do, a personalized card, a verse or a poem...
So here are some verses and quotations from famous people who have made their share in greeting us without spending so much - just touching our hearts.
"One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry." - Oscar Wilde
"How do I love thee...Let me count the ways..." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Her love, it's like the wind. I can't see it but I can feel it." - Shane West (Landon Carter), A Walk to Remember
"Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point ( The heart has its reason which reason knows nothing of)." - Blaise Pascal
"When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes." - Otto Harbach
"When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes." - Otto Harbach
"When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her though I know she lies." - William Shakespeare
"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other one is t0 get it." -George Bernard Shaw
"There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other one is t0 get it." -George Bernard Shaw
"True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily." - Jennifer Aniston
"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." - Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." - Robert Frost
"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." - Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." - Robert Frost
"There is no remedy for love but to love more." - Henry David Thoreau
"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt." - Madonna
"It all falls down to who's by your side." - A Walk to Remember
"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt." - Madonna
"It all falls down to who's by your side." - A Walk to Remember
"The only regret that we have in this life are the risks we didn't take. If you found that something that makes you happy, grab it with both hands and to hell with the consequences." - Anonymous
"Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all." - Michael Masser and Linda Creed
"You never say sorry for loving someone. You never say sorry for loving me." - Claudine Barretto (Toni Villacorta), Got to Believe
"eventhough i am hurting, i'll never be sorry for loving you. eventhough i am hurting, i'll still keep on living. and eventhough i am hurting, i'll still be loving you... even in silence..." - Ma. Riva Lynn V. Tubid
"Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all." - Michael Masser and Linda Creed
"You never say sorry for loving someone. You never say sorry for loving me." - Claudine Barretto (Toni Villacorta), Got to Believe
"eventhough i am hurting, i'll never be sorry for loving you. eventhough i am hurting, i'll still keep on living. and eventhough i am hurting, i'll still be loving you... even in silence..." - Ma. Riva Lynn V. Tubid
"I will never hate you for not loving me but i will... the moment I see you crying with the person you chose to love instead of me." - Ma. Riva Lynn V. Tubid
Each and everyone of us is entitled to experience the most passionate, the sweetest treatment we could ever get. And if you ever lost that one opprtunity to be with someone, you may always take a look back and dwell on the blessings you've just had.
It doesn't mean that if you don't see him, he doesn't exist - he does! You just have to believe. He may not happen today but he's sure to happen.
"Love the one you have. He/she may be the best thing that ever happened to you."
"If you are alone, love yourself. It's better than being stuck in a sham of a relationship. Being alone, in meaningful solitude, is great for the soul." - Maria Victoria Rufino
Each and everyone of us is entitled to experience the most passionate, the sweetest treatment we could ever get. And if you ever lost that one opprtunity to be with someone, you may always take a look back and dwell on the blessings you've just had.
It doesn't mean that if you don't see him, he doesn't exist - he does! You just have to believe. He may not happen today but he's sure to happen.
"Love the one you have. He/she may be the best thing that ever happened to you."
"If you are alone, love yourself. It's better than being stuck in a sham of a relationship. Being alone, in meaningful solitude, is great for the soul." - Maria Victoria Rufino
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