“I am glad that the internet exists for that reason: for visibility and for crushing on people we finally get to know might return the feeling.”— Rhea Butcher, gomag.com
“Every day, you ride the bus and count the minutes, hoping you'll see her again. She smiles, and you feel a strange tingle up the back of your neck. Something carnal inside of you causes your body to break out in sweats. You feel like the luckiest man in the world. She sits alone, just like every oth…”— Dan Kwan, Hank, Paul Dano, imdb.com
“If crushes were the sun, our consumption of them would be the Earth, barreling along at 67,000 miles per hour, propelled by that yellow dwarf star of love’s gravitational pull, stuck in a loop. We can’t seem to get enough.”— Emma Bracey, manrepeller.com
“It can be easy to confuse this one-on-one attention — especially when we’re so desperate for it — for romantic interest.”— Kate Mooney, melmagazine.com
“The hype around Kavinsky actually illustrates how low the bar has been set for men in cis hetero relationships.”— Hussein Kesvani, melmagazine.com
“I think that everyone can change if the right person comes along, and I think that every girl wants to be the right person. Every girl wants to be the one girl that can change that guy.”— Lauren Conrad, imdb.com
“Have you ever liked someone so much you just wanna lock yourself in your room, turn on sad music and cry?”— Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Rachel Berry, Lea Michele, imdb.com
“I had such a crush on her... until I met you, Lois. You're my silver medal.”— Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Peter Griffin, Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
“This wasn't a meaningless one-night stand anymore. Something about it felt real.”— Jen Winston, marieclaire.com
“1988: made you this mixtape 1998: I burned you this CD 2008: made you this playlist 2018: *doesnt do anything cuz too afraid to come off as thirsty*”— Eden Dranger, twitter.com
“It doesn't matter if you already know what a man is telling or showing you. It also doesn't matter if you have no interest in it. This is about getting him to like you, remember?”— Sophia Benoit, allure.com
“Do it. Just say something. No, don’t. Don’t stare. Side-hug and leave. No. Ask for her number. Why are you panicking? She’s just a girl”— Alyson Stoner, teenvogue.com
“[about the incredible Sir Kneighf] Oh god, please tell me you don't have a crush on a fictional character.”— Edward Allen Bernero, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com
“Always be careful in dreamland. Imaginations are powerful, wonderful gifts, until it’s all you have holding you at night.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.”— Marina Abramovic, newyorker.com
“Often, when we have a crush, when we lust for a person, we see only a small percentage of who they really are. The rest we make up for ourselves. Rather than listen, or learn, we smother them in who we imagine them to be, what we desire for ourselves, we create little fantasies of people and let the…”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“Vincent Price was never a crush. He was my Gemini brother. I loved his nasty humor and his with and intelligence.”— Jane Russell, amazon.com
“The more they want to experience with you, the more they’re interested.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com