Quotes / Unrequited Love Switcheroo

Phoebe: Isn't it ironic how he liked you and then—
Rachel: I get it!

— Friends, "The One with the Donor"

Daphne Moon: We live in a civilized society, and there are certain rules we have to live by. We all have impulses we'd like to explore, but we don't. Well... you can't just go chasing anyone you fancy just because you're suddenly attracted to them. There are certain things you don't do no matter how tempted you are.

— Frasier, "Whine Club"

When I came to visit you

That's when I knew I could never have you

I knew that before you did

— Motorcycle Driveby, by Third Eye Blind

...So let me get this straight:

So now you loved me all along?

What made you hesitate

To tell me with words what you really feel?

I can see it in your eyes you mean all of what you say...

I remember so long ago, see I felt that same way.

A Day Late by Anberlin

Just when I'd stopped
Opening doors
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours...

"Send In The Clowns", Stephen Sondheim, from A Little Night Music

What a surprise!
Who could foresee?
I'd come to feel about you
What you felt about me
Why only now, when I see that you've drifted away?
What a surprise
What a cliché

—Barbra Streisand's cover of the same song.

Eric: Oh I wish we could’ve... gone out for coffee or something... The two of us... Together.
Antigone: Ah. I see. You know, there was a time when I’d have done anything to you.
Eric: What-?
Antigone: For you.
Eric: Ah.
Antigone: But... time has flowed by. We’re not the same as we once were. It’s rather too late. Wouldn’t you say? Eric?

Wooden Overcoats

Poor Peter Parker was pitiful
Couldn't've been any shyer
Mary Jane still wouldn't notice him
Even if his hair was on fire
[...]
Oh, and MJ is all hot for Peter now!
Ah but Peter, he just shuts her down!
Mary Jane, don't you cry, you can give it a try
Again when the sequel comes 'round!

— "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Ode to a Superhero"