“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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