Quotes from workThe Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary is a 2011 novel by the American author David Levithan. It is his first novel for adults. This modern love story is told entirely through dictionary entries which are brief and concise, having a very unusual pattern and style.
“The mistake is in thinking there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.”
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Variant: The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.
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“Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices.”
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“I'm swimming in your cadences that you permeate my very language.”
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“If there wasn't a word for it, would we realize our masochism as much?”
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“Which is more stubborn, the love or the two arguing people caught within it?”
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Variant: obstinate, adj.
Sometimes it becomes a contest: Which is more stubborn, the love or the two arguing people caught within it?
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“gravity, n.
I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it.”
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I believe your exact words were: "You're getting too emotional.”
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“So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.”
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