David Levithan Quotes

Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.

Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.

It was rather awkward, insofar as we were both teetering between the possibility of something and the possibility of nothing.

this is what i never allowed myself to need. and of course what i've been needing all along.

He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears.

I should talk to him I know I should talk to him. But I do not talk to him. I watch after him from afar and love him.

willyoupleasebequiet: are you ready? bluejeanbaby: for what? willyoupleasebequiet: the future willyoupleasebequiet: because i think it just started

You wanna-I dunno-get coffee or something sometime?

Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are.

Our lives change. Our feelings for each other change. Our bearings change. The song changes. The air changes. The temperature of the shower changes. Accept this. We must accept this.

Love is the higher law.

There is always something new to learn about the person you love.

There is the sudden. There is the eventual. And in between, there is the living.

If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together?

Pride is allowed to have an element of worry, especially when you are a mother.

I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.

no matter how happy we are, no matter how much we want our night to stretch out infinitely, sleep is inevitable.

And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.

It's not the easy things that let you get to know a person.

The minute I knew I was in love was the minute when there was no question about it.

There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves.

We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.

Feeling someone else's anger is bad; being left alone is worse.

The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath.

There are boys so enraptured by love that they can't get their hearts to slow down enough to get some rest, and other boys so damaged by love that they can't stop picking at their pain.

Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.

He’ll have to prove it to you. Every day, he’ll have to prove he’s worthy of you. And if he doesn’t, that’s it. But I think he will.

When distractions are manifold, it's best to remember what you are supposed to be doing.

One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.

You're giving up. You're slipping into being miserable and if you are being miserable, then it's all about you again. But it's not all about you. Love doesn't work that way.

Knowledge is the only thing I take with me when I go.

Every day I am someone else. I am myself-I know I am myself-but I am also someone else. It has always been like this.

I see no sin in a kiss. I only see sin in the condemnation

Love me less, but love me for a long time

I'm not in love with you.

What did it matter to me? Did I think that by making you rational about one thing, I could make you rational about everything? Maybe. Or maybe I just wanted to save you from your fears

That's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?

Your life is inescapable. Unless you decide to escape it.

I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers. Our brain does that sometimes. Or at least mine does.

I couldn't remember ordinary moments, only the ones that had made an impression. Ordinary moments were the ones that fell away first.

It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present.

You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.

Everyone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough.

You wanna-I dunno-get coffee or something sometime?" Justin smiled "Not coffee. But yes." "Not Coffee it is, then." "Yes, Not Coffee.

scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

All I get is tomorrow.