National Boyfriend Day
Pictured is a "love lock" on the Brooklyn Bridge, one of thousands that have been placed along the bridge in New York City, on Feb. 13, 2013. Getty Images/Spencer Platt

Every year, National Boyfriend Day is celebrated on Oct. 3. Even though the day is not an official holiday, partners of boyfriends, platonic or romantic, use the occasion to celebrate the special man in their lives.

People often share gifts, or spend some quality time with them to show how much they appreciate their “boyfriend.” Many even choose the day to propose as well.

The counterpart to the day, National Girlfriend Day is held Aug. 1 every year.

Here are some quotes —from Quotabulary and Goodreads — to share feelings of love and appreciation toward your significant other.

  1. “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made!” — Robert Browning, “Rabbi Ben Ezra”
  2. “Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.” — Maya Angelou, poet, and civil rights activist.
  3. “But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles” — Anna Nalick, singer-songwriter
  4. “Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends’ T-shirts, and throughout tales in history men have held on to their lover’s handkerchief.” — Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist.
  5. “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.” — Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist.
  6. “In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that’s what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.” — Loretta Young, actress.
  7. "It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages." — Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher.
  8. “I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.” — Julia Roberts, actress.
  9. “Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.” — Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae singer.
  10. “Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.” — Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist.
  11. “You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.” — Kirsten Dunst, actress.
  12. “I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.” — Humphrey Bogart, actor.
  13. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle, philosopher
  14. "Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'" — Erich Fromm, psychologist
  15. “The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” — Eden Ahbez, song "Nature Boy"
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