“Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday.”
Ted Kooser (1939) American poet
14 February 2010
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“Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday.”
Ted Kooser (1939) American poet
“Today is Valentine's Day. Or, as men like to call it, extortion day. ”
Jay Leno (1950) American comedian, actor, writer, producer, voice actor and television host
“Death, jewelry, or magic; it sounded like Valentine's Day.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book Blue Moon
Source: Blue Moon
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/valentines-day-2010 of Valentine's Day (10 February 2010) <br class="br">Reviews, Two star reviews
“In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that…oh, who cares?”
Amy Poehler (1971) American actress
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/04/04mupdate.phtml
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Babak Khorramdin (798–838) Persian revolutionary
Babak Khorramdin's letter to his son, rejecting the caliph’s amnesty message, quoted by Al-Tabari, edited by C. E. Bosworth, History of al-Tabari Vol. 33, The: Storm and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the 'Abbasid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Mu'tasim A.D. 833-842/A.H. 218-227 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ky2rl0xN2SQC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=%22Better+to+live+for+just+a+single+day+as+a+ruler+than+to+live+for+forty+years+as+an+abject+slave.%22&source=bl&ots=D6-WGySNBR&sig=9MJm8qw6MeNgY1kPHEjtcxA_okY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMI2YO62Pb0xwIVjOwUCh2l8APi#v=onepage&q=%22Better%20to%20live%20for%20just%20a%20single%20day%20as%20a%20ruler%20than%20to%20live%20for%20forty%20years%20as%20an%20abject%20slave.%22&f=false
Al-Tabari (839–923) influential Persian scholar, historian and exegete of the Qur'an
Source: Babak Khorramdin's letter to his son, rejecting the caliph’s amnesty message, quoted by Al-Tabari, edited by C. E. Bosworth, History of al-Tabari Vol. 33, The: Storm and Stress along the Northern Frontiers of the 'Abbasid Caliphate: The Caliphate of al-Mu'tasim A.D. 833-842/A.H. 218-227 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ky2rl0xN2SQC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=%22Better+to+live+for+just+a+single+day+as+a+ruler+than+to+live+for+forty+years+as+an+abject+slave.%22&source=bl&ots=D6-WGySNBR&sig=9MJm8qw6MeNgY1kPHEjtcxA_okY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMI2YO62Pb0xwIVjOwUCh2l8APi#v=onepage&q=%22Better%20to%20live%20for%20just%20a%20single%20day%20as%20a%20ruler%20than%20to%20live%20for%20forty%20years%20as%20an%20abject%20slave.%22&f=false
“The best thing Valentine ever did for me was send me to you.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Source: City of Heavenly Fire