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 Timmy and Tootie at the end of A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!