Anime and Manga
She's the one person I just can't bring myself to hate.
— Maki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
McGillis: Gaelio... To me, you have always-
Gaelio: Don't say it! Shut your mouth! Cause if the words you're about to say, are the words that I think they are... If you say them... then I... then I might actually have to forgive you! So please, don't say them. For Carta. And for Ein. I... I have to! I have to!...
Why did I fall in love with you? Everything got so messed up. Why, when hating you should be all I can think of? Why are you so precious and dear to me?
— Exa, Superior
Fanfiction
"Before they started calling me The Wicked Witch of the West, my name was Elphaba."
Dorothy blinked. "El-pha-ba," she murmured, rolling the word around in her mouth. "That's a very pretty name."
Elphaba's jaw dropped.
Then, as if the situation couldn't get any more improbable, Dorothy Gale then extended a hand in tentative greeting.
Damn it, girl, why are you making yourself so difficult to hate? Elphaba thought.
Slowly, not entirely sure what she was accomplishing, she returned the handshake.
Dorothy blinked. "El-pha-ba," she murmured, rolling the word around in her mouth. "That's a very pretty name."
Elphaba's jaw dropped.
Then, as if the situation couldn't get any more improbable, Dorothy Gale then extended a hand in tentative greeting.
Damn it, girl, why are you making yourself so difficult to hate? Elphaba thought.
Slowly, not entirely sure what she was accomplishing, she returned the handshake.
Literature
Well, this was fun. Another death threat onto the pile, and I can’t even bring myself to hate you.
—Blake Thorburn, Pact
Music
And I hate how much I love you boy.
I can't stand how much I need you.
And I hate how much I love you boy.
But I just can't let you go,
And I hate that I love you so.
I can't stand how much I need you.
And I hate how much I love you boy.
But I just can't let you go,
And I hate that I love you so.
—Rihanna, "Hate That I Love You"
I! Hate! Everything about you!
Why do I love you?
Why do I love you?
—Three Days Grace, "I Hate Everything About You"
Video Games
Master. You're human, yet you're not discriminatory and have no prejudices. Is there something wrong with you? Show me more explosive moments, or show me how horribly intolerant you are. Or else...I won't have a reason to hate you...
—BB, Fate/Grand Order
Web Animation
And I'll say it again, that I know I'm the worst
So then how can you spend so much love on the person that hurts you
Like I do
'Cause inside I can't hide that I cannot desert you!
And if I'm the world to you, surely you never stood even a chance at all, didn't you?
It's me after all
So then how can you spend so much love on the person that hurts you
Like I do
'Cause inside I can't hide that I cannot desert you!
And if I'm the world to you, surely you never stood even a chance at all, didn't you?
It's me after all
— Calliope Mori, "Bully"
Webcomics
...You know, Gwen... I feel sorry for that fiancé of yours. Because you make it really difficult for people once they realize they were wrong about you.
—Princess Aurelia, Cursed Princess Club
Western Animation
Victoria: Why can't I kill you?
Kirtash: That's curious. I was going to ask you the same question.
Kirtash: That's curious. I was going to ask you the same question.
