I-It's not that I like you or anything...

"Which didn't feel good or anything. No, it didn't. I was just really convincing at pretending it did. Although I didn't exactly dislike it, either (...) this sure as hell wasn't me talking, but still that fucking poisoned omelet France gave to me."

Don't think too badly of Akane. She's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac.

"If you want a girl who would rather kill you than kiss you, you can have her!"

"Leela's not a killer. And she's not SOME chick! She's the chick I LOVE! But just don't tell her I called her a chick or she'll kill me."

"Women in the media for so long were always the emotional support, the damsels, the smiling pretty faces, so in the 90's, there was a desperate need to change that. Oh, not by making them unpretty, we wouldn't do that, but we suddenly made them cold, bitter, confrontational, and overly strong, to go out of their way to show that they're not those old emotional stereotypes, and instead make way for new emotional stereotypes. For you see, in every 90's film, the woman behind this strong independent wall that won't let everybody in, [quivering, feminine voice] is a sad little bunny rabbit that will eventually let down her defences and reveal a tragic backstory. [normal voice] So you see, she wasn't a strong, confident worker just because she was a strong, confident worker. [jumps back to the feminine voice] Deep down she just wants to be held like any other fragile woman. Oh, I don't want to think! I just want to be loved!"

Cause she's bittersweet, she knocks me off my feet...

Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away?

—Skye Sweetnam, "Tangled Up In Me"

The woman I love burns with jealousy,
leaps to conclusions, cries, and turns to ice.
But when she laughs, the world is mine.

"Careful. With Sakura, that can mean a lot of butting horns and locking heads. I mean, she's into violent real life experience. Listen to her and you're liable to...end up back here in the hospital."

You are a rose, but set with sharpest spine;
You are a pretty bird that pecks at me;
You are a little squirrel on a tree,
Pelting me with the prickly fruit of the pine;
A diamond, torn from a crystal mine,
Not like that milky treasure of the sea,
A smooth, translucent pearl, but skilfully
Carven to cut, and faceted to shine.

You know that I'm a crazy bitch
I do what I want when I feel like it
But you don't really give a shit
Ya go with it, Ya go with it, Ya go with it
Cause you're fuckin' crazy;
Rock'n Roll!
— Avril Lavigne, Smile

She's sun and rain.
She's fire and ice.
A little crazy, but it's nice.
And when she gets mad,
you best leave her alone.
She'll rage just like a river,
then she'll beg you to forgive her.
She's every woman that I've ever known.

You're my flower of the desert, yes you are.
And my diamond in a coal mine, yes you are.
You're my bright leaf on a fall tree,
and a rattler when you don't need me,
you're my flower of the desert, yes you are.

... And she'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden

And she'll carelessly cut you, and laugh while you're bleeding

But she'll bring out the best

And the worst you can be

Blame it all on yourself...

... She's frequently kind then she's suddenly cruel

She can do as she pleases, she's nobody's fool

And she can't be convicted, she's earned her degree

And the most she will do

Is throw shadows at you

But she's always a woman to me

Cause you're hot then you're cold

You're yes then you're no

You're in then you're out

You're up then you're down

You're wrong when it's right

It's black and it's white

We fight, we break up

We kiss, we make up

You don't really want to stay, no

But you don't really want to go...

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,

I'm a child, I'm a mother,

I'm a sinner, I'm a saint,

I do not feel ashamed;

I'm your hell, I'm your dream,

I'm nothing in between,

You know you wouldn't want it any other way...

Some days I'm a super bitch

Up to my old tricks

But it won't last forever

Next day I'm your super girl

Out to save the world

And it keeps gettin' better

The weird thing about it was that she had no build to anger... She had two modes, I love you and HISSS!! ...she would come back later and say "I'm sorry! (deep breath) I have a sugar imbalance." Yeah, diabetes is a sugar imbalance, you are an estrogen Molotov cocktail!

The girl changed emotions as fast as his car changed gears on the highway!

I wish I could snap when I was a baby... >.> *jealous* Haha.

Just 'cause I can't go on / Just 'cause I die when you're gone / Just 'cause I think of you in bed / Don't let it go to your head

Fire and Ice
You come on like a flame, then you turn the cold shoulder.

My love she throws me like a rubber ball,
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing.
She won't catch me or break my fall,
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing.
Baby's got blue skies up ahead,
But in this I'm a rain cloud[...]
[...]Ours is a stormy kind of love.

Harumi: You uh... You like him?

Mikoto: W-What?

Harumi: You know, when a girl behaves all cold towards the guy she likes. It was popular a while back... Tsun... Tsun... Tsundara? No... Tsunjire?

Mikoto: Not a chance!

You think that you know me (tangled up in...)
You think that I'm only (tangled up in me)
When everything I do is only to get tangled up in you
You wanna know more, more, more about me
I'm the girl that's sweeping you off your feet
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away? Yeah!
Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today
Mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction. Yeah!
Hey! Hey!
Get tangled up in me

Zettaiteki na shinrai to taishouteki na koudou
Zetsubouteki na unmei ga aru nichi koi ni kawa ru
Ippouteki na hyougen no tsundereshon kimi ga
Suki wakari ni kuine Puppy Love

(Translation)

Absolute trust with a contrasting action
A hopeless fate will turn into love one day
A one way expression of "tsunderation"
"I love you," it's hard to understand, isn't it?
Puppy Love

Agent 99: Should have hit you harder.

Maxwell Smart: Is that your default setting? Do you just punch people in the face, willy-nilly? Its Tuesday, I'll punch Max in the face. Ooh, a box of kittens, time to punch Max in the face. Oh, I'm having some bread. Time to punch Max in the face.

She likes you Wednesday, but now it's Friday, and she has to wash her hair.
And it just figures that we'll never figure them out, first she's Jekyll, then she's Hyde...

At least she makes a lovely pair.

Reasoning... is love.

If we don't love each other, ...the reasoning won't start.

In that case, how can we say that we love each other?

'If you think you can solve it, just you try.' 'You're incompetent, like hell you can solve it.'

...Yeah, according to George-aniki, you call that sort of thing 'tsundora'.

Heheh, that brutal witch is finally starting to look a bit cute.

...If I meet her again, I wanna try saying 'You're such a tsundora.'

If I'm told it's white

I'd say it's black

I can't be honest

I say one thing but do another

If I'm told, "I love you"

I'd say, "I hate you"

I'm happy, but what am I saying?

Like putting salt

Into sweet vanilla...

—Vanilla Salt, first ED of Toradora

No chance, no way,
I won't say it, no no
(You swoon, you sigh,
Why deny it, uh-oh)
It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love!

I'm like a hedgehog—if you give me time to uncurl, I'll eventually relax and not be so prickly.

I’m gonna let you down, gonna toss you around
Gonna make you want everything you haven't found
I'm gonna hold your hand, then ask you to stand
Ten feet away

In vain to us you plead –

Don’t go!

Your prayers we do not heed –

Don’t go!

We’re very cross indeed –

Yes, very cross,

Don’t go!

You're so stupid and perfect

And stupid and perfect

I hate you I want you

I used to hate you

But now I love you

So like a rose

So like a rose

But when you kiss me I wanna slap you

But sorry it's lost

The feeling is lost

I chew my nails down

I look at the ground

I am pissed

I am shy

Cause you threw me in a blender

I am hot

I am cold

Do you wanna get to know me

Do you wanna learn to get inside my head

Do you wanna get to touch me

Cause now my ex is officially dead

I don't lalalala like you

I lalalala love you

I used to hahaha hate you

And now I really fucking love you

Natalie: If Jeremy wanted, he could have me anytime, anywhere. I would do things to his mind and body that I think he'd really enjoy. God knows I would.

Jeremy: Natalie —

Natalie: Don't touch me!

When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her

She will turn to me and start to cry

And she promises the earth to me

And I believe her

After all this times I don't know why

Ah, girl

Girl

She's the kind of girl who puts you down

When friends are there, you feel a fool

When you say she's looking good

She acts as if it's understood

She's cool, cool, cool, cool

Goodbye, my only friend,

Oh, did you think I meant you?

That would be funny if it weren’t so sad,

Well you have been replaced,

I don’t need anyone now,

When I delete you maybe I’ll stop feeling so bad...

Matsurika: "I wish to inform you, I have no dere."

Kanako: "She's 100% tsun!''

Sam: I hate you!

Freddie: Then why'd you kiss me?!

Sam: I like you...

Freddie: So, you hate me and you like me...

Sam: Now you see why I need to be in here?

You just know she's covering her lust for me with cruelty and violence.

You, I swear... I hate you. No, just joking. You know that, after all! Idiot.

If she says she loves you
You can bet your boots she loves you
If she said she hates you
That can also mean she loves you
— theme song of Gidget

"It's worth noting that not every person who treats you like dirt is trying to hide a deep-rooted romantic attraction that they just can't admit to. Some people just genuinely hate you."

Melissa: You wanted a ride to Make-Out Point? You think I want to make out with you?!
Finn: Uhh...
Melissa: (blushing) Well, maybe I do, but... wait. I HAVE A BOYFRIEND, FINN! (throws Finn to the ground)

"You get all jealous, you get mad fast, and you're quick to hit! You're plenty womanly."

"I'm first place? I thought it was some kind of joke, not that there would be any good reason to... It's not like I'm happy or anything... Don't misunderstand me..."

Yamada: I've finally made up my mind, poured my heart out and confessed for the first time in my life! HOW DARE YOU PASS OUT!

Yamada's Erogami: You hit him with the door yourself!

odi et amo quare id faciam fortasse requiris

nescio sed fieri sentio et excrucior

(Loose Translation)

I hate, and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do this.

I don't know, but I feel it happening, and I'm in absolute fucking pain.

Don't sell yourself short, Severa. I find the ice queen bit quite charming!

The higher the hurdle you have to leap, the more satisfying it feels once you're over it!