Sending a valentine to a lover is a centuries-old tradition.
In the 19th century, lovelorn Victorians sent intricate, expandablepaper creations.
Today, options for love messages and sweet notes abound.
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On Etsy you will find adorablepunsandsweet catsdancing across cards made by independent artists.
But what should you write in these cute cards?
An eloquent love quote is a great place to start.
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These quotesfrom authors, poets, and songwritersare some of the best expressions of love ever written.
you’re able to also further immortalize them with beautiful gifts.
As sweet as these gifts, quotes, and words arethey are just the beginning.
A Valentine’s Card from between 1860 and 1880. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
The true icing on the cake of any Valentine’s Day gift are the wordsyouwrite from the heart.
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Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it, sight!
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It will not do.
My feelings will not be repressed.
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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Mr. Darcy inPride And Prejudice(1813) by Jane Austen
There is always some madness in love.
Dr. Seuss
A Valentine’s Card from between 1860 and 1880.
Helena inA Midsummer Nights Dream(15951596) by William Shakespeare
All you need is love.
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But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.
Charles M. Schulz
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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Aristotle
When I met my wife, it was so clear.
I knew it the very first time I touched her.
It was like coming home, only to no home I’d ever known.
I was just taking her hand to help her out of a cab.
And it was like… magic.
John Updike
Have I told you lately that I love you.
Helen Keller
Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
Zelda Fitzgerald
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
It doesn’t just holdthat’s ego.
It doesn’t bind.
Maya Angelou
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Prince Albert
Love is friendship that has caught fire.
It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving.
It is loyalty through good times and bad.
It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
Ann Landers
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
