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I guess it's a choice we make," she said. "What's a choice?" I asked. And she said, "How much of the world we let in. (David Levithan)
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. View quote
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And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. The cause and effect is backward. The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a firm believer that every person, young or old, has at least one good story to tell. View quote
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That word again. Happy. It's a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It's a trap.Before anything else happened, there was me in bed, thinking of who you used to be. I don't want you to think I forgot. View quote
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And I'm moved, it's so beautiful. Not what I wrote, but to have it given back like this. To have her remember the words and the tune. To hear it in her voice. View quote
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You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too. View quote
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In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. I have never fallen in love with a gender. I have fallen for individuals. View quote
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Honestly, I'm just trying to live day to day. View quote
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I'm swimming in your cadences that you permeate my very language. (David Levithan)
We are so used to releasing words. We don't know what to do with them if they stay. View quote
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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. View quote
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But I still has enough longing for that concept that I didn't want to dispel it completely. Meaning: I didn't want to tell Lily that I felt we'd all been duped by Plato and the idea of a soul mate. Just in case it turned out that she was mine. View quote
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That's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom? View quote
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If you zoom close-if you get really close to someone, if you really get close to yourself-then you lose the other person, you lose yourself entirely. You get so close you can't see anything anymore. View quote
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I text tiny a minute later. MADE NEW GAY FRIEND. And he texts back PROGRESS!!! View quote
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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? View quote
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He is much stronger than I think I am. He is mischievous, outgoing, ready to soar through the clouds, while I often feel like the cloud itself. View quote
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Beauty comes naturally, but it's hard to be stunning by accident. View quote
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I hope suffering don't exist. (David Levithan)
These teenager looks aren't going to last forever, and that there are much better foundation to build a life upon than how attractive you are. View quote
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If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go. View quote
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Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen. View quote
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Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you're friends is easy. Being friends is not. View quote
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David Levithan

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Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Occupation: American Writer
Born: September 7, 1972
Quotes count: 457

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