David Levithan Quotes
I'm sorry, " he says. "I don't usually like people. So when I do, part of me is really amused and the other part refuses to believe it's happening.
We are young and the night is young. We are in the middle of somewhere and we are feeling everything.
As soon as Neil is out of the shower, he texts Peter. You up? he asks.And the reply comes instantly:For anything.
I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable.Is it sickness or is it heartbreak?I can't tell.The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.
What are your interests?""Your son in my room, " I said."Excuse me?""The sun and the moon, " I said. "Astronomy.
Maybe fate's arithmetic is so diffuse that it's not arithmetic at all.
The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything that was said or written suspect
One last song. One last turn. One last street. no matter how hard you try to keep hold of a day, it's going to leave you
It is always the ones who believe that are hurt the worst when things go wrong.
No more looking at a wall and pretending it's a mirror. No more shelving fiction in the non-fiction section. No more thinking I could get away with it.
Feelings don’t follow rules. Guilt does. Fear does. But attraction? No way.
He was beautiful in the way that a breeze is beautiful—the kind of beauty you feel gratitude for.
I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt. - A
It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it.
The question is there in each silence. The question is there in the space between you. But you cannot bring it aloud.
What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread
O Lord, as I walk through the valley of the shadow of doubt, at least let mewear a Walkman...
Dreaming and loving and screwing. None of these are identities. Maybe when other people look at us, but not to ourselves. We are so much more complicated than that.
It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.
I say good-bye to hope, but I also say goodbye to hope's disappointment.
I've always wanted the happy ending, but now I'll just settle for the ending.
Now I just want it to end. I’ve always wanted the happy ending, but now I’ll just settle for the ending.
That's what it felt like---that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.
My eyes are open and I’m not seeing a thing because I am so lost inside.
(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."-David Levithan (Every Day)
It says if you mess up or make the wrong choice, you just have to keep at it until you do it right.
We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.
So what’s your story?” Ryan asks.Avery looks up at him, hand still in the water. “My story?”“Yeah. Everybody has at least one.
The past and future are what’s complicated. It’s the present that’s simple.
Your Temporary Santa, "He says presents aren't important, but I think they are- not because of how much they cost, but for the opportunity they provide to say 'I understand you.
The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It's as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.
This is the power of a kiss: It does not have the power to kill you. But it has the power to bring you to life.
elliptical, adj.The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.
They should be going to sleep, but good company is the enemy of sleep.
You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.
Really, weren't these facts just placeholders until the long view could really assert itself?
The body is the easiest thing to adjust to... It’s the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp.
I once told him that the best way to break up a fight is to step between the two people and start singing ancient folk songs. But I’d never heard of anyone actually doing such a thing.
yearning n. and adj.At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.