National Girlfriends Day
Aug. 1 is National Girlfriends Day. In this picture, Golden Globes hosts and real-life friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler pose at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 12, 2014. Reuters/Danny Moloshok

Wednesday is National Girlfriends Day, a celebration of the women you love, be it your significant other or your best friend. Though this day is not a public holiday in the United States, it is popular on social media.

This day is to appreciate the part female friends or female partners play in one's life. There is no specific origin of this day and no rule as to how this day must be celebrated. The only thing to remember today is to recognize the importance of your relationships — platonic, intimate and everything in between.

Here are some sayings for Wednesday's holiday, collected from BrainyQuotes and Good Reads.

1. "I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a movie and holding her hand while she jumps." — Scott Foley

2. "Friendship between women is different than friendship between men. We talk about different things. We delve deep. We go under, even if we haven’t seen each other for years." — Jane Fonda

3. "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." — Anaïs Nin

4. "I don't know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn't had my girlfriends. They have literally gotten me up out of bed, taken my clothes off, put me in the shower, dressed me, said, 'Hey, you can do this,' put my high heels on and pushed me out the door!" — Reese Witherspoon

5. “One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.” — Mindy Kaling

6. "There's nothing better than a glass of wine, a girlfriend, and a long talk." — Karen Fairchild

7. "There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her or turn her into literature." — Henry Miller

8. "If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning." — Aristotle Onassis

9. "Women are made to be loved, not understood." — Oscar Wilde

10. "When my girlfriend and I talk about being happy, I'll get choked up, which I think is the greatest gift you can give a girlfriend." — Seth Meyers

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