National Sweetest Day, which is usually celebrated on the third Saturday in October, falls on Oct. 17 this year. It is celebrated to express love and care to the ones closest to you.

Originally named "Sweetest Day of the Year," the day was created by confectioner Herbert Birch Kingston in 1921 with an intention to look after those who need extra attention by giving them small tokens of love such as cards and gifts.

Here are a few quotes about love, courtesy Good Reads and Brainy Quote –

  • "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." ― Elbert Hubbard
  • "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." ― Lao Tzu
  • "There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections." ― John Lennon
  • "Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more." ― Bob Marley
  • "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." ― Orson Welles
  • In the flush of love's light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free." ― Maya Angelou
  • "Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead." ― Oscar Wilde
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