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70 Valentine’s Day Quotes For Friends to Send to Your Bestie

"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends." 🫶

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Friendship is one of life's greatest treasures, so when Valentine's Day rolls around, why not celebrate your bestie as much as you would your partner? They're like a platonic soulmate, after all! And that's exactly what Galentine's Day is all about. If you’re lucky enough to have a friendship like the one between Ree and Hyacinth, consider yourself truly fortunate. To honor that beautiful bond this February, check out these heartwarming Valentine's Day quotes for friends. They're the perfect thing to share with your BFF—whether you tell them in person or in a sweet Valentine's Day card.

Because Valentine's Day isn't just for celebrating romantic love; it's also the perfect time to pay tribute to the people in your life who, in Oprah Winfrey's words, "lift you higher." We've got deeply moving friendship quotes here, happy quotes and Valentine's Day puns that'll make your bestie laugh, as well as plenty of heartfelt Valentine's Day quotes that'll have them reaching for a tissue. The best part? Most of these ideas double as excellent Valentine's Day captions, so you can pay tribute to your very own Hyacinth on social media for all to see.

Make Valentine's Day even sweeter with these ideas:

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David Tyson

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"True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable."

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Crystal Woods

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"Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less."

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Virginia Woolf

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"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."

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O. Henry

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"No friendship is an accident."

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Josh Grayson

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"True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side."

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John Evelyn

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"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world."

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Cicero

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"Life is nothing without friendship."

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Elaine Davis

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"Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will."

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Helen Keller

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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

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Misty Copeland

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"Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you."

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Henry van Dyke

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"A friend is what the heart needs all the time."

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Barack Obama

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"If you work through the tough times, the respect and love that you feel deepens."

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Princess Diana

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"If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love."

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Jane Austen

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"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."

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Jim Morrison

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"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself."

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Victor Hugo

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"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."

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Paulo Coelho

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"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

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Marlene Dietrich

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"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter."

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."

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Pablo Neruda

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"To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life."

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Josiah Soto
Digital Content Producer

Josiah is the Digital Content Producer for the commerce team at Popular Mechanics, Best Products, Runner’s World, and Bicycling Magazine. He also writes for “BIO Buys”—a column on Biography.com—giving readers the lowdown on what products their favorite celebs are using. In another life, Josiah was an editor at ThePioneerWoman.com, where he sharpened his expertise on all things lifestyle, food-news, and entertainment. Outside work related matters, he’s a fan of Studio Ghibli films, unimportant reality TV drama, and melancholy Lorde songs. 

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