Childhood Friend Romance/Quotes

Unlucky Childhood Friends subtrope:
"Arm in arm we laughed like kids At all the silly things we did You can't finish what you start If this is love, it breaks my heart!"

- Naked Eyes, "Promises, Promises"

"So I started walking home, Sowing teardrops in the snow We'll be friends forever, but I'm afraid you'll never love me''"

- Jeremy Messersmith, "Beautiful Children"

"And then you dropped the bomb That I've know you too long for us to have a thing."

- Jamiroquai, "Seven Days in Sunny June"

"Blithe smile, lithe limb She who's winsome, she wins him Gold hair with a gentle curl That's the girl he chose And Heaven knows I'm not that girl"

- Wicked, "I'm Not That Girl"

""I for one am pleased by the recent trend of Japan completely and totally crushing the hopes of girls that fall into the "If I love him for years and years and devote myself to him, he'll HAVE to fall in love with me!" idea.""

- /A/nonymous, in reference to Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica

""It must suck being the childhood friend in anime. Here you are, minding our business, and some THOT comes in and steals your man away.""

- Noble (Lost Pause), in a February 2018 tweet

Victorious Childhood Friends subtrope:
"Bill Hanna: Y'know Joe, I always knew these kids would get together someday. Joe Barbera: Me too, Bill. They were made for each other."

- The Flintstones: I Yabba Dabba Do!

"Show me a friendship that's pure and chaste And I'll show you an engine that's dying to race"

- Semisonic "Bed"

""One, a teenage boy named Jared, had fallen instantly for a classmate of his who'd turned out to have a longstanding crush on him, so that was all sweet and convenient.""

- Narration in Luminosity, on one case of werewolf imprinting.

"No more mystery It is finally clear to me You're the home my heart searched for so long It is you I have loved all along"

- Dana Glover, "It Is You"

""A lot has changed since the days when I used to throw mud in your face... but not everything's changed.""

- Mai, Avatar: The Last Airbender comic "Going Home Again"

"Could it be you and I Never imagined Could it be suddenly I'm fallin' for you Could it be you were right here beside me and I never knew Could it be that it's true It's you and it's you"

- "Could It Be" by Christy Carlson Romano, as sung in Kim Possible: So the Drama

"Isn't this great, Cosmo? After all these years, they finally ended up together!"

- Wanda regarding at the end of A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!