David Levithan: Trending quotes (page 22)

“Hell, yes," Dev says, sitting up now. "Don't get me wrong - we're totally going to make the beast with two backs tonight. But if we do it right, it's going to feel like holding hands.”

“Beauty comes naturally, but it's hard to be stunning by accident.”

“I hope suffering don't exist.”

“I couldn't fault her for believing, because I had to imagine i was nice to have that illusion still intact.”

“She is no longer a person in his life; instead, she is a person that other people will remind him of.”

“There are few things harder than being born into the wrong body.”

“I only have eyes for you.”

“you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you.
you don't recognize the shape, offer other names.
you say my time will come, and I hope.”

“It’s okay,” I tell her.
“It is okay to be happy”

“iv.

who was it
who invented
size zero?

who was it
who promised
that if you got
to a certain point
you would no
longer
be?”

“There was something about our silence that made me comfortable. He wasn't talking to me, but I didn't feel ignored. I felt we were part of the same moment, and it didn't need to be defined.”

“Love me less, but love me for a long time”

“It’s like, you know how sometimes you see a really sexy baby? Wait…”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I am like the fish in the aquarium, thinking in a different language, adapting to a life that’s not my natural habitat. I am the people in the other cars, each with his or her own story, but passing too quickly to be noticed or understood.”

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