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Valentine’s Day quotes and love poems 2019: Romantic caption ideas for Instagram

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and we all know what that means – soon our timelines will be awash with photos of cutesy couples professing their love for each other.

And we get it – it’s Valentine’s Day, after all, so one should really make an effort to at least pretend to care about the most romantic day of the year.

And once you’ve got that lighting spot on and your pose perfected, it’s time to think of a worthy caption that will draw you in likes by the thousands (probably).

Stuck for something to say? Don’t worry, we’ve rounded up some of the best Valentine’s Day quotes to put that undying love into words:

Love quotes for him

"I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever” – Rabindranath Tagore

“My love for you has no depth, its boundaries are ever-expanding” – Christina White

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"I love everything about you"🌹❤

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“You’re always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I’m thinking of you.” – Dierks Bentley

“I always love it when I see you laugh with your soul and wish that the moment get paused forever” – Prabhu M Nair

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☺️🍯 page 191 from #thesunandherflowers

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“you must have a honeycomb for a heart how else could a man be this sweet” – Rupi Kaur

Love quotes for her

“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.” – Oscar Wilde

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Happy place. @lonely.penguin

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“I want you. All of you. Your flaws. Your mistakes. Your imperfections. I want you, and only you" - John Legend

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way.” – Pablo Neruda

Romantic poems

“Can I teach you/more about you/And you teach me/more about me/Then we can both/teach each other/Just how much more/that we can be” – Breanna Michelle

“the universe took its time on you/crafted you to offer the world/something different from everyone else/when you doubt how you were created/you doubt an energy greater than us both” – Rupi Kaur

“you might not have been my first love/but you were the love that made/all the other loves/irrelevant” – Rupi Kaur

“If I lost you/the air wouldn’t move, nor the trees grow/Someone would pull the weed, my flower/The quiet wouldn’t be yours. If I lost you/I’d have to ask the grass to let me sleep” – Marvin Bell

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🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒 page 63 from #milkandhoney

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Funny Romantic Quotes

“Before you marry a person, you should make them use a computer with slow internet service to see who they really are” – Will Ferrell

“I love being married. It’s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” – Rita Rudner

Galentine's Day quotes

“We should conjure sisterhood wherever we can.” – Ava Duvernay

“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.” – Beyonce

“we need more love/not from men/but from ourselves/and each other” – Rupi Kaur

“A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double” – Toni Morrison

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