Sage

“Because you don't give them a chance! You shut them down, talk about being great friends, and even talk about how you're going to be alone forever in front of them. That's not really an open invitation to ask someone out, is it?”
― Maggie Ann Martin, To Be Honest

“Unrequited love. I'm not made of stone, and I'm old enough to have had some experiences of my own on that score.
...
It goes on forever, without end, regardless of what other loves you might know thereafter.
You missed out on the heartbreak.
In that sense, maybe Nadeko Sengoku's notion wasn't all that bankrupt...”
― NisiOisiN, 恋物語 [Koimonogatari]

“There are seconds of remembering you throughout the day -- moments when my heart twitches. Moments when I am hell-bent on forgetting your heaven-sent scent.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, Cardiac Ablation

“She’s not into you, Tom. She doesn’t love you. You can’t force someone to love you by doing them favors.”
― A.O. Monk, I Am Not Thirteen