You get to imagine exactly what they look like, they know all kinds of witty banter, and they’ll never, ever leave you — book crushes are way better than the real thing.
Henry deTamble from The Time-Traveler's Wife
Stupid space-time continuum getting in the way of perfectly lovely relationships! But oooh, what a perfect specimen.
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Mercutio from "Romeo and Juliet"
His rakish and witty banter put him so laughably far above that whining lump known as Romeo. Verona lost a true studmuffin the day he got impaled :(((
Harriet Welsch from Harriet the Spy
Harriet was the incredibly charming combination of fiercely independent, curious, ambitious, flawed, and caring. She totally made you wish she'd write nice things about you in her notebook, and you'd have taken down Marion Hawthorne with her any day of the week.
Encyclopedia Brown from Encyclopedia Brown
OKAY REAL TALK: why didn't Encyclopedia and Harriet cross paths in their respective fictional universes and date? Come to think of it, maybe they did, and eventually grew old together as philosophy and English professors at a small, highly selective liberal arts college located in the scenic Hudson Valley.
