Quote by Madeleine Urban

“I did have a crush but I knew nothing would ever come of it.”

— Sadie Grubor

“We had not liked each other much at first. He mistook my shyness for arrogance and I failed to see that his arrogance masked…

— Michael Nava

“We hadn't spoken since the day he nearly shoved me off the roof, but we both understood the importance of maintaining the illusion of…

— Ransom Riggs

“You could chat with anyone; being silent together without it becoming embarrassing was a lot rarer.”

— Harry Mulisch

“felt the same kind of awkwardness you feel when a friend you’re with runs into someone he knows whom you don’t, and your friend…

— Charles Rosenberg

“Theoretical crushes could remain perfect and flawless, because you never actually had to find out what that person was really like or deal with…

— Morgan Matson

“He'd asked if I felt the pull. I could'nt deny that I did. And that it terrified me. It wasn't like a crush. It…

— Rachel Hawthorne

“It's never nice to admit we don't know our friends as well as we thought we did.”

— Leanne Hall

“Years later, when I was grown (much taller than he ever grew) and I saw him in a local bar, he remembered my "crush"…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Luckily for us, I've never met a bad idea I did not immediately embrace like the dearest of friends.”

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“It was useful to have a reputation, so long as it didn't crush you.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“She had never liked people who spoke too familiarly upon first meeting. There ought to be a little bit more formality.”

— Sergei Lukyanenko