->''"We were easy lovers, hardly friends\\
never works out, in the end."''
-->-- '''Music/JeremyMessersmith''', "Easy Lovers, Hardly Friends"

->''"What exactly does that expression mean, 'friends with benefits'? Does he provide her with health insurance?"''
-->-- '''Sheldon Cooper''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''

->''"Friends are forever. Everything else is a bonus."''
-->-- '''Herman Cain'''

->''"We're friends, yes... we've been enemies too. On some occasions, we've even been lovers."''
-->-- '''Fujiko''' (explaining her relationship with Lupin, to Clarisse), ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''

->''"We'll share a few laughs, we'll share an odd date\\
We'll share a few kisses when it's growing late\\
And though the stars and moon may shine up above,\\
We'll enjoy the magic, but we won't fall in love."''
-->-- ''Film/SummerHoliday'', "A Swingin' Affair" (albeit a PG version of this trope)

->"Okay, this is all happening for us in the wrong order. You know, first we're friends for many years, and then briefly we are friends with benefits--extremely excellent benefits. And now I am just hoping that we can be two people sitting at the same restaurant at the same table at the same time. See, when I see it like that, it doesn't sound so scary, does it?"
-->-- '''Tommy Merlyn''', ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', "Muse of Fire"

->-''"Hey, frell buddy."''[[note]]non-vulgar slang term for a "fuck" buddy[[/note]]
-->-- ''Webcomic/VampireCheerleaders'', Suki directly addressing Leonard during Vol.4

->''"Friends can do it."''
-->-- '''Rocko''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}''

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