"What did you think would happen if I found out, Peter? Did you think I would just keel over and die?"
— May Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) Vol. 2 #38
(Thinking) I can't say what I've been meaning to. I have to say something to you. "I'm glad to see you cry" but are those my last words? And you only saw me as someone useful.
— Judeau, Berserk, trying to confess his love to Casca as he's dying during the Eclipse.
Aw, come on! I can't tell you everything right away! That would make for a boring story, don't you think?
— Coyote, Gunnerkrigg Court
"Why don't you come right out and say it! Even if the words are probably gonna hurt, I'd rather have the truth than something insincere!"
— Relient K, "Come Right Out And Say It"
Bernard: The day your father died...I cleaned his wound. The blade that pierced his body... came from his glider. There's no question about it, your father died by his own hand.
Harry Osborn: You are so fired.
Bernard: What?
Harry Osborn:: You've known all this time...and you wait until NOW to tell me?
Bernard: I thought this would be the best time to tell you the truth!
Harry Osborn: I took a grenade to the face, DUDE!
Harry Osborn: You are so fired.
Bernard: What?
Harry Osborn:: You've known all this time...and you wait until NOW to tell me?
Bernard: I thought this would be the best time to tell you the truth!
Harry Osborn: I took a grenade to the face, DUDE!
Dave: That's it? Where's the angst? The sleepless nights? The agony as your heart drops through your stomach every time she's near?
Mell: Yeah, us normal folk have this thing where we we actually say something. It's kinda cool, you should try it.
Dave: It's wrong, Mell. It's very, very wrong.
Mell: Yeah, us normal folk have this thing where we we actually say something. It's kinda cool, you should try it.
Dave: It's wrong, Mell. It's very, very wrong.
— Narbonic
If I loved you, time and again I would try to say all I'd want you to know.
If I loved you, words wouldn't come in an easy way. 'Round in circles I'd go!
Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy, I'd let my golden chances pass me by.
Soon you'd leave me. Off you would go in the mist of day, never, never to know
How I loved you, if I loved you!
If I loved you, words wouldn't come in an easy way. 'Round in circles I'd go!
Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy, I'd let my golden chances pass me by.
Soon you'd leave me. Off you would go in the mist of day, never, never to know
How I loved you, if I loved you!
— Carousel
I must have rehearsed my lines a thousand times,
Until I had them memorized.
But when I get up the nerve to tell you, the words
Just never seem to come out right.
Until I had them memorized.
But when I get up the nerve to tell you, the words
Just never seem to come out right.
— Patti Labelle, "If Only You Knew"
Asuka (thinking): I think maybe it's time to let go... my very last secret. But... DAMMIT!
Shinji: Hm? (seeing her crying) A- Asuka!! What's wrong?!
Asuka: Dummy! It's because I... (thinking) An idiot like him would make me say it! C'mon, dammit! How can you expect Shinji to stand up for himself if you can't?! (aloud) I... I...
Asuka's inner voice (smugly): Are you SURE you don't need my help?
Asuka: I kinda... love you.
Shnji:... I love you too Asuka.
Shinji: Hm? (seeing her crying) A- Asuka!! What's wrong?!
Asuka: Dummy! It's because I... (thinking) An idiot like him would make me say it! C'mon, dammit! How can you expect Shinji to stand up for himself if you can't?! (aloud) I... I...
Asuka's inner voice (smugly): Are you SURE you don't need my help?
Asuka: I kinda... love you.
Shnji:... I love you too Asuka.
— Evangelion 303, chapter 14
"Eh, not like I could have just spit it out that I was attracted to you, not over my pride."
— Asuka Langley Sohryu to Shinji Ikari, Advice and Trust, chapter 5
"I resolved to call her up
A thousand times a day,
And ask her if she'll marry me,
In some old-fashioned way,
But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone,
And before my tongue has tripped me,
Must I always be alone?"
A thousand times a day,
And ask her if she'll marry me,
In some old-fashioned way,
But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone,
And before my tongue has tripped me,
Must I always be alone?"
— The Police, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
Say it... say it... say it... say it... say it! SAY IT!!
—Haru internally yelling at herself to confess to Tsurezure, Ojojojo
Hank: Why don't you come out and tell her how you feel?
Scott: Jean and I are just friends.
Hank: There's nothing wrong with wanting to be more.
Scott: (glaring) There is if I screw it up and it blows this team apart. There's a lot more to consider than how I feel. Besides, Jean has stated over and over again she's not interested in a serious relationship. So it's better for us to stay friends.
Scott: Jean and I are just friends.
Hank: There's nothing wrong with wanting to be more.
Scott: (glaring) There is if I screw it up and it blows this team apart. There's a lot more to consider than how I feel. Besides, Jean has stated over and over again she's not interested in a serious relationship. So it's better for us to stay friends.
"You face away, thinking me blind,
Like I don't know what you won't show.
Your love is still clear from behind."
— Agent 8, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
So listen, can I tell you a thing
Real quick before something comes in-between
Do you think— Wait a sec
I think you— That's not it
Would you be— Words are just impossible to find
'Cause the right words never come
It all comes out silly-dumb
And all the things I need to say
And all the big words seem to stay on the inside
Real quick before something comes in-between
Do you think— Wait a sec
I think you— That's not it
Would you be— Words are just impossible to find
'Cause the right words never come
It all comes out silly-dumb
And all the things I need to say
And all the big words seem to stay on the inside
— Sayonara Wild Hearts, "Inside"
Rapunzel (playing the part of Cassandra): You're right, Rapunzel, it may be your fault. Partially, ''but maybe if I had been more honest about how I was feeling things would not have gone this far.
Cassandra (disguised as Faith, playing the part of Rapunzel): Maybe it's not as easy for everyone to say how they're feeling. Not everyone can look someone else in the eye and say, "I'm hurting," or, "I'm sad," or even, "I'm... I'm sorry."
Rapunzel: Just because it's not easy doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
Cassandra (disguised as Faith, playing the part of Rapunzel): Maybe it's not as easy for everyone to say how they're feeling. Not everyone can look someone else in the eye and say, "I'm hurting," or, "I'm sad," or even, "I'm... I'm sorry."
Rapunzel: Just because it's not easy doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
Wallace: If you want something bad, you have to fight for it. Step up your game, Scott. Break out the L-word.
Scott: Lesbian?
Wallace: The other L-word.
Scott: ...Lesbians?
Wallace: It's "love," Scott. I wasn't trying to trick you.
Scott: Lesbian?
Wallace: The other L-word.
Scott: ...Lesbians?
Wallace: It's "love," Scott. I wasn't trying to trick you.
"It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage. She turns and walks away."
—Opening intertitle of In the Mood for Love
