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1->''A gentle story of two lovers young,\
2Who met in innocence and died in sorrow,\
3And of one selfish heart, whose rancour clung\
4Like curses on them; are ye slow to borrow\
5The lore of truth from such a tale?\
6Or in this world’s deserted vale,\
7Do ye not see a star of gladness\
8Pierce the shadows of its sadness,--\
9When ye are cold, that love is a light sent\
10From Heaven, which none shall quench, to cheer the innocent?''
11-->-- '''Creator/PercyByssheShelley'''
12
13->''"In every other universe, Gwen Stacy falls for Spider-man. And in every other universe, it doesn’t end well."''
14-->-- '''Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen''', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''
15
16->''Is it written in the stars?\
17Are we paying for some crime?\
18Is that all that we are good for-\
19Just some stretch of mortal time?\
20Or some god's experiment\
21In which we have no say-\
22In which we're given paradise,\
23But only for a day...''
24-->-- '''Aida & Radames''', ''Theatre/AidaJohnRice'' (Elton John)
25
26->''Two lovers, forbidden from one another''
27->''A war divides their people, and a mountain divides them apart.''
28-->-- '''[[EruditeStoner Chong]]''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
29
30->'''Sokka:''' My first girlfriend turned into the moon.
31->'''Zuko:''' (tries to come up with comforting words) [[{{Understatement}} That's rough, buddy.]]
32-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
33
34->'Sir,' she began, 'it is not wrong of me to speak to you,' and the very words gave him a jar of unexpected truth; for in all the novels he had ever read she would have begun: 'It is wrong of me to speak to you.'"
35-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton''', ''The Ball and the Cross''
36
37->''You and I\
38We've seen it all\
39Chasing our hearts' desire\
40But we go on pretending\
41Stories like ours\
42Have happy endings''
43-->-- '''Florence''' and '''Anatoly''', ''Theatre/{{Chess}}''
44
45->''This is difficult. Your times are so far apart that the distance makes people despair.\
46If you want to meet again, two miracles must occur; One must wait continuously, one must pursue endlessly.\
47They must realise that it is impossible to succeed, yet at the same time be capable of enduring patiently.\
48Is that...the story of a dream that shouldn't be waited upon?\
49But, whether this thing is right or wrong is another topic altogether. \
50[[spoiler:Artoria]]. The era is changing alongside the people, the only one who's still like that time is you.\
51A dream is only beautiful because it is a dream. But for you, you would probably be happier slumbering as if dead.''
52-->-- '''Merlin's prophecy''' about [[spoiler: Saber and Shirou]] from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. [[spoiler: Saber ignores Merlin's suggestion, and they successfully [[LoveTranscendsSpacetime reunite in Avalon]].]]
53
54->''"And now I have to accept the possibility that there is no happy ending. That you and I are meant to be together, but never meant to be."''
55-->--'''Nightfall''' to Gary, ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace''
56
57->''I'm turnin' off the light right now\
58I'm callin' it a night now\
59Wishin' you were 'round with me\
60But you're in a different town than me\
61We've been through it all\
62But you could never spit it out for me\
63Tryna talk to a wall\
64But you could never tear it down for me, yeah''
65-->-- '''Music/{{Halsey}}''', "Now or Never"
66
67->''My whole journey began the day I lost her. And every time I find her, she slips away again. I thought we'd finally be together, but she's out there... alone. Not for one more second!''
68-->-- '''Sora''' regarding '''[[LoveInterest Kairi]]''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''
69
70->''You think it's easy?\
71You think I don't want to run to you?\
72But there are mountains\
73And there are doors that we can't walk through\
74I know you're wondering why because we're able to be\
75Just you and me within these walls\
76But when we go outside, you're gonna wake up and see\
77That it was hopeless after all''
78-->--Anne Wheeler, ''Film/TheGreatestShowman''
79
80->''And many a time between them went and came\
81The fondest tokens of their deathless flame;\
82Now in hope's heaven, now in despair's abyss,\
83And now enrapt in visionary bliss.''
84-->-- English translation of the poem "[[http://persian.packhum.org/persian//main Laili and Majnun]]"
85
86->''Like Day from Night,\
87I'll live my life apart from you, just glimpsing you across the sky,\
88because you cannot change, my dear, and nor can I."''
89-->-- "Love Song of Night and Day", [[http://magiccards.info/mr/en/345.html Unfulfilled Desires]], ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
90
91->''"Holly and I are like Romeo and Juliet and this office [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer is like the dragon that kept them apart]]."''
92-->-- '''Michael Scott''', ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''
93
94->''Sometimes, I think of the sun and moon as lovers\
95Who rarely meet, always chase and almost miss one another\
96But once in a while, they do catch up\
97And the world stares in awe of their eclipse''
98-->-- '''Website/{{Tumblr}}''', from [[http://maridupains.tumblr.com/post/164880015447/ml-editor-appreciation-week-%E1%83%A6-day-six-dialogue-or this]] ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' photo set.
99
100->''Our eyes don't meet,\
101our voices don’t reach\
102Only our sighs synchronize perfectly.''
103-->-- '''Vocaloid''', [[http://hiragiwisteria.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/song-title-wolf-fell-in-love-with.html The wolf who fell in love with little red riding hood]] (English translation)
104
105->''saffron skies raise the blazing sun\
106a chance encounter, awkward displays\
107one day, my love, we'd be as one''
108
109->''with two entwined. A set course, begun\
110that frenetic, wild, lustrous haze;\
111azure skies host the radiant sun''
112
113->''above us beaming as we run\
114down that aisle, a fervent craze\
115that day, my love, we became as one''
116
117->''with future unfolded - the life we'd won\
118commitment and duty, for the family we'd raise\
119cerulean skies ferry the shimmering sun''
120
121->''Buried. Shackled by fate - overrun\
122by ever-growing resent and malaise\
123yesterday, my love, we were as one''
124
125->''now you lie here, the life in you gone\
126in the dark outside of her rays\
127crimson skies bear the torch; our sun\
128today, my love, we'll be as one''
129-->-- '''Website/SCPFoundation''', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/shaggydredlocks-proposal "When Day Breaks"]]
130
131->''I cannot follow you, my love\
132You cannot follow me\
133I am the distance you put between\
134All of the moments that we will be...''
135-->-- '''Leonard Cohen''', "You Know Who I Am"
136
137->'''[[PhysicalGod Titan Kitana]]:''' Why does fate seem always to conspire against us? To deny us life's simple pleasures?\
138'''[[BigGood Fire God Liu Kang]]:''' I don't know. Perhaps in one of the many timelines, they are ours.
139-->-- '''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'''

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