valentine victims
The streets are hijacked by pink, mauve, and hearts; Cupid is out on the run. It's the time of the year when you are supposed to be love-struck. In this day and age, sentimental slush seems to get away with everything. I am not a big fan of 007, but I will always remember the scene in Golden Eye when the Russian Bond girl tells the villian, "Take him (Bond) away, he means nothing to me." The audience knows that she doesn't really mean it, but that's the fun part. Saying the opposite creates intensity.
Or you can go to another extreme--"You are so beautiful. I love you so much I want to smash your face in with a sledge-hammer." "I love you so much I want to rip out your eyeballs and suck on them and then punch you in the nuts."
Punch-Drunk Love