David Levithan: Trending quotes (page 3)

“You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.”

“When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.”

“She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is.”

“I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.”

“You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.”

“It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.”

“I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.”

“The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.”

“You will always be my always.”

“We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.”

“I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go away. They spare themselves the confrontation, but end up boiling in resentment anyway.”

“Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.”

“Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?”

“She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn't realize there isn't anything left to hope for.”

“need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.”

“I'm not even going to try.”

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I spent all this time building a relationship. Then one night I left the window open and it started to rust.”

“I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.”

“You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.”