David Levithan: Trending quotes (page 13)

“Make more than dust.”

“barfly n.
You have the ability to talk to anyone which is an ability I do not share.”

“Game over," you say, and I don't know which I take more exception to-- the fact that you say its over, or the fact that you say it's a game.”

“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.”

“What I learned

The well-documented difference
Between alone and lonely
The comfort of knowing”

“Her mind is an unquiet one, words and thoughts and impulses constantly crashing into each other.”

“Dullness is the spice of life. Which is why we must always use other spices.”

“Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.”

“Maybe language is kind, giving us these double meanings. Maybe it's trying to teach us a lesson, that we can always be two things at once.”

“I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.”

“What a strange phrase — –not seeing other people. As if it’s been constructed to be a lie. We see other people all the time. The question is what we do about it.”

“After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again.”

“Life goes on is a redundancy. Life is defined by its going on.”

“But the thing about a cry for help is that someone else needs to be around to hear it.”

“This is not something insignificant. This is real. This is happening, and this is ours.”

“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.”

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

“Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant.”

“seven wonders of the world
and I have to ask for an eighth
fill a bottle with some prayers
and spend them on hope
create an easy route
just so I can complicate
send my heart down that
slippery slope”