David Levithan Quotes
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You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.
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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.
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We just want to walk. Our legs need to move to keep our minds from collapsing.
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I asked you what you wanted and you said you didn't want anything. And I told you I wasn't planning on giving you anything; I was planning on giving you something.
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But we comforted ourselves with what we really meant to say, which was: "I don't normally feel this good about what I'm doing." Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.
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fraught, adj. Does every “I love you” deserve an “I love you too”? Does every kiss deserve a kiss back? Does every night deserve to be spent on a lover? If the answer to any of these is “No,” what do we do?
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I am jealous of anyone who can make other people care so much.
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Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.
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This is what a memorial is: standing still, staring at something that isn’t ther
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I learn about the highs and lows of living with the same mother for your entire life, about how no one can make you angrier, but how you can't really love anyone more.
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I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.
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I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are.
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I saw his scars - the visible ones-and saw how breaking him had not made him any less beautiful. If anything, he stood stronger, because he'd survived.
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incessant adj. The doubts. You had to save me from my constant doubts. That deep-seeded feeling that I wasn't good enough for anything I was a fake at my job I wasn't your equal my friends would forget me if I moved away for a month. It wasn't as easy as hearing voices nobody was telling me this. It was just something I knew. Everyone else was playing along but I was sure that one day they would all stop.
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So what else can I tell you?" I asked. "I mean, to get you to reveal Lily to me.
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I am starting to get tired of relying on words.
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placid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.
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And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.
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Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices.
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As long as we can conjure, who needs anything else? As long as we can agree on the magical lie and be happy, what more is there to ask for? “I loved you from that moment on,” I say. “I loved you from that moment on,” you agree.
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There is no word for the recipient of the love. There is only a word for the giver. There is the assumption that lovers come in pairs.
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The assumption of the word reunion is that, once you're together again, you are united. Two as one. Pulling close to someone is only a temporary symbol. It's the way you breathe with each other that's the telltale sign.
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Here," she said. "This is for you." "I didn't really get you anything," I sputtered. "I mean, I didn't know that you were going to be here, and--" "Don't worry. It's your embarrassment at not having the thought that counts.
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I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which 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.
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Because what's the point of something virtual if it doesn't end up being real?
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I measure the moment in the heartbeats I skip
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Because that's the thing about mean people: They make you think that the world will never work, that there are divides that you will fall into if you approach. It takes a whole lot of good people to fill in the breach created by a single mean one.
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And who am I to blow against the wind?
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Yes, time can be buoyed by wordlessness, but it needs to be anchored in words.
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I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.
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