Quotes / The "I Love You" Stigma

Anime & Manga

Even when she's with friends, she finds saying the word "like" and "love" embarrassing. That is who Kaguya Shinomiya is.

— Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Fan Works

"So yes, we're not going to stop being Pilots. Not when we finally know where our mothers are. But... don't try to separate us. We've earned this. You know what I was like. You think I'd say 'I love you' to anyone easily?"

— Asuka, Advice and Trust, Chapter 8

Asuka: Then say it with me. "I have a boyfriend."
Rei: I have a... boyfriend.
Asuka: I am going to see my boyfriend.
Rei: [blushing profusely] I am going to s-see my boyfriend.
Asuka: And tell him I love him.
Rei: I... may have trouble... saying that so plainly.
Asuka: Trust me, Rei, it gets better every time you say it. Its great.

— Advice and Trust, Chapter 11

Nessarose: "Don't use that word so lightly."
Glinda: "What, love?"
Nessarose: "Yes."
Glinda: "Why not? You don't believe that I love both you and Elphaba?"
Nessarose: "You use the term so easily. Love isn't something you can just give away to anyone, Glinda."

— Trusting In Faith

"I never said thank you, did I?" Asuka said after nearly a full minute of silence, her voice so soft she hardly sounded like herself. A tone almost nobody ever heard her use. "I never said I loved you. Those things just aren't me. But you know, right?"

— Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide

Live Action TV

Eleni: 'Great affection', 'Longs to be alone with you'. You think he says such things to his wife?

Servilia: 'Affection'? What's that? He could not say 'love'.

Eleni: Would you have him pluck a harp? He's a soldier, not a poet.

— Rome, "The Stolen Eagle"

You can't have a relationship where someone says "I love you" and the other one says "I'm hungry. Let's get something to eat!"

—George Costanza, Seinfeld

Music

Thought I told you I loved you; maybe we should've waited

—Diddy, "Ass on the Floor"

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