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• His eyes were pale blue, the irises circled with black rings You're kind of a spooky chick," he said Kind of I like spooky Where I come from," Kylie said, "almost all the men are impotent Yeah She nodded Where do you come from," he asked, "the east side East side of hell Sounds like it," he said She kissed him, impulsively, her blood singing with caffeine and long-unrequited pheromones. —  Asimov's SF, June2006
• There is no passion quite so strong as unrequited or unconsummated love. —  Yon Ill Wind
• I protected the Cullens' secret out of love; unrequited, but true. —  Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon
• Such a quip, however, could not go unrequited, and she sought for means of retaliation. —  The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life
• Monasticism does not necessarily imply celibacy, but as unrequited or misplaced love is usually the precursor of the monastic impulse, celibacy or some strange idea on the sex problem usually is in evidence Monasticism has many forms: College Settlements, Zionism, Deaconesses' Homes, Faith Cottages, Shakerism, Mormonism, are all manifestations of the impulse to get away from the world, and still benefit the world by standing outside of it. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators

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