David Levithan citations

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“I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.”

“It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.”

“andAt the core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.”

“Just because a person is beautiful doesn't mean there's no soul beneath. Doesn't mean that person hasn't suffered like everyone else, doesn't mean they don't hope to still be a good human being in an awful world.”

“If this continues, if this goes on, then when I die, your memories of me will be my greatest accomplishment. You memories will be my most lasting impressions.”

“Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.”

“You could be
the leaf that never falls from the tree
you could be
the sun that never leaves the sky
this might be
the happy ending without the ending
this might be
a reason to try”

“I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.”

“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.”

“Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving”

“i wish i were someone else, even though i know i'll never, ever be able to get away from what i've done and what's been done to me.”

“We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust.

That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.”

“sometimes it’s okay to cheat on things - but don’t ever cheat on people. because once you start, it’s very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.”

“He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears.”

“tiny: maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. it's gonna hurt. it's gonna hurt because it matters.”

“I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart.”

“I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten.

It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF.”

“You think you know your possibilities.
Then other people come into your life
and suddenly there are so many more.”

“I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.”

“But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself.”

“You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.”

“But whether or not you are here, you are here—because these words are for you, and they wouldn't exist if you weren't here in some way.”

“3. You think that looks like a heart? If you do, that's only because you've never seen scrotum.”

“If you and I really, truly wanted to change the world, we'd invent more words that started with.”

“what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it’s like to work so hard to make sure everyone’s happy, and to have not a single person recognize it”

“This is the trap of having something to live for:
Everything else seems lifeless.”

“There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.”

“.

I believe your exact words were: "You're getting too emotional.”

“I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.”