30 Quotes About Unrequited Love And The Agony Of Being Just Friends

“The truth is he’ll never see me as more than a friend; I’ve known that all along and accepted the fact right away. But, still, the fool in me grasps at what little hope there is.”

— Jen Albino, thoughtcatalog.com

“When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn't want it, you cannot take it back. It's gone forever.”

— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com

“I couldn’t just be your friend. And at first I thought that was my flaw. But it was a flaw in you, for asking that of me. I’ll probably always love you. And when and if our paths cross again I know, I’ll be breaking on the inside. I'll break for all we were, all we weren’t, and all you’ve probably f…”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“But being ‘nice’ doesn’t mean girls want to date you. Being ‘nice’ doesn’t mean girls should date you. Girls shouldn’t have to do anything because you’re ‘nice’ to them.”

— Will Gallagher, thoughtcatalog.com

“If friends make good lovers, then why didn’t it work out for me?”

— Crisel Blenda, thoughtcatalog.com

“Being in the ‘zone’ does not mean the end of things for you. It is in fact a good opportunity for you to find someone else. Once you have accepted the fact that the best relationship that you two can have is friendship, then you can finally move on and find a new love. There won’t be anything to hol…”

— Crisel Blenda, thoughtcatalog.com

“People who blame the friendzone are cowards who choose to think that the girl never gave them a chance; but in truth, every girl has thoroughly weighed out the pros and cons before rejecting guys.”

— Daphne Sze, thoughtcatalog.com

“I don't like relationships, though. I mean, it is nice and all, but I prefer to be the friend. I don't know why. They're kind of exhausting.”

— Abraham M. Alghanem, amazon.com

“Eventually, I spent so much time in the friend zone that I grew to think of it as some kind of magical home away from home, some lush forest filled with unicorns and elves and puppies none of whom were getting laid.”

— Dylan Garity, amazon.com

“You treated his efforts as a brother willing to protect his sister, his sweetness as a token of kindness, his aggressiveness as a playful taunt. Never has it ever dawned you that he likes you – not in a million years. You treated him as your wingman, your close friend and your confidant – to you he…”

— Daphne Sze, thoughtcatalog.com

“He chuckles and says, "Finally. More than friends." I put on the most serious face I can muster and offer, "yeah, more than friends...Best friends forever!”

— Belle Aurora, amazon.com

“Dude! You're killing me! This is the girl of your dreams! Ravish her! What if she doesn't want to be ravished? What if she wants to stay friends? Friends don't ravish each other. Friends watch New Years Rockin' Eve. I wonder who's hosting this year.”

— Chris, amazon.com

“I said a lot of crappy things the other night and I'm sorry about that. The truth is, I'm scared to be your friend, because I'm always going to want more. But then I got to thinking that I would rather have you in my life as a friend than not at all.”

— Chris, amazon.com

“If your motivation for treating women with kindness + respect is to "stay out of the friendzone", sorry but you're not "nice”

— @feminismvibes, twitter.com

“So we can be friends, right?’ Wait, what? I stare at her, a frown forming at my mouth. Did I..? Did I just get Friend-zoned?”

— Belle Aurora, amazon.com

“I would rather be in the friendzone than in a relationship with someone who doesn't appreciate me”

— @friendzonequote, twitter.com

“Even now I'll see her looking at him, her eyes milky yet full of longing, and all he ever gives her is a gentle, absent nod. Perhaps this is the nature of true deprivation - a lifetime of love, tenderly spurned.”

— Jane Avrich, amazon.com

“Always a BOY FRIEND, never a BOYFRIEND.”

— Christian Simamora, kilibro.com

“Some love comes like the wind off the sea, while others grow slowly from the seeds of friendship and kindness.”

— Raymond E. Feist, amazon.com

“Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.”

— Emily Giffin, amazon.com

“That casual kiss on my cheek would have meant nothing up until recently, I realized I was in love with him. Not that, 'I love you, man,' type of love. Nope. I was ass over teacup in love with my best friend. The 'let's get married and grow old together' type of love.”

— Summer Michaels, amazon.com

“you cannot leave and have me too i cannot exist in two places at once -when you ask if we can still be friends”

— Rupi Kaur, amazon.com

“If you run into each other here and there and talk for hours and maybe even hook up, but you don’t hear from him after… he likes you, he just doesn’t like you enough.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

“There's a guy out there who will want to tell everyone that he is your boyfriend. Quit goofing around and go find him.”

— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com

“But it wasn't even defined as a relationship really. One day you liked me and another day you hated me. One day we were "just friends" and the next day you'd laugh in my face, saying we never can be just friends and I knew it. You were neither friend, but certainly a foe. Every sign and every friend…”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“Real love doesn’t ask to be your friend, when they know your whole heart is in it. Real love, loves you back because they realize your worth.”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“Beware of the word friend. It can often be used by men and women, that love them to excuse the most unfriendly behavior. Personally when I’m picking friends, I like the ones who don’t make me cry myself to sleep.”

— Greg Behrendt, amazon.com

“I told you I loved you. I knew I couldn’t just be your friend. Because I would always want more. And every time alcohol came pressed between my lips, I’d reach for the phone to tell you these things. I wanted to be strong for you. I wanted to be there for you. I wanted to go back to the ways things…”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“You wanna know what the truth is? I still love you and I probably will love you for a very long time. But I can't just be your buddy, because as much as i enjoy the concept of being "just friends" in reality it's a bizarre form of torture and i'm just not willing to participate in it. so right now w…”

— Joey, amazon.com

“Whispers scream in the night, ‘just friends’ or ‘fuck buddies.’ You're doomed. Because someone is going to get hurt. Someone is gonna fall.”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com