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David Levithan Quotes

But I want to feel like life matters. I had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead Picture Quote #1

But I had a feeling I wasn’t supposed to find her that way. She was not a needle. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding each other Picture Quote #1

I try to be a careful person. Most of the time my carelessness is completely unintentional Picture Quote #1

We just want to walk. Our legs need to move to keep our minds from collapsing Picture Quote #1

This is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it’s too easy to see an X as a cross-out. it’s not, because there’s no way to cross out something like that. the X is a diagram of two paths Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are azure indigo cerulean cobalt periwinkle and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky. He brings the sun Picture Quote #1

Life goes on. Get over it. You’re still young. It’ll get better. Blah, Blah, Blah Picture Quote #1

That’s it - hundreds of texts and conversations, thousands upon thousands of words spoken and sent, all boiled down into a single line. is that what relationships become? Picture Quote #1

Me: just don’t ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he’s carrying around an axe. mom:... me: I’m kidding about the axe part Picture Quote #1

Next to it was a dvd called ‘as I get laid dying,’ which had a hospital scene on the front. it was like grey’s anatomy, only with less grey and more anatomy Picture Quote #1

Because it is senior year I have begun to see things as potential absences. The things I love will become the things I’ll miss Picture Quote #1

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What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing Picture Quote #1

All this hoping for something- or someone- that’s maybe hopeless. I’m having a hard time processing what I am supposed to believe, or if I’m even supposed to. There is too much information, and I don’t like a lot of it Picture Quote #1

The more kindness and justice are challenged, the more we must embrace them. Only when you are challenged - and only when you challenge yourself - do you discover what truly matters Picture Quote #1

That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a department store: anything. A piece of jewelry made by hand: something. A dollar: anything. A sand dollar: something. A gift certificate: anything. An IOU for two hours of starwatching: something. A drunk kiss at a party: anything. A sober kiss alone in a park: something Picture Quote #1

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should Picture Quote #1

No, really,’ I said. ‘I think she’s great. And I honestly like her about twenty more times now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don’t have a future. We’ve just had a good time sharing the present, that’s all Picture Quote #1

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If you zoom close-if you get really close to someone, if you really get close to yourself-then you lose the other person, you lose yourself entirely. You get so close you can’t see anything anymore Picture Quote #1

I have already spent roughly five thousand hours asleep next to you. This has to mean something Picture Quote #1

He was my first boyfriend, and I made him my everything - he was my new life, my new love, my new compass point. I guess that’s the danger with firsts - you lose all sense of proportion Picture Quote #1

It was like everyone suddenly knew what mattered. Money didn’t matter. Politics didn’t matter. Tabloid news didn’t matter. No-compassion mattered. Calm mattered. Respect mattered. Did it really take something of this magnitude to make us realize this? Picture Quote #1

But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it’s death. Anything. Something. Nothing Picture Quote #1

It’s like you’re a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, ‘I’m sorry, but this role isn’t right for me’. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing Picture Quote #1

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I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you Picture Quote #1

Self-preservation isn’t worth it if you can’t live with the self you’re preserving Picture Quote #1

This is what my voice sounds like I don’t need to be talking to someone else To hear it Picture Quote #1

Willyoupleasebequiet: are you ready? bluejeanbaby: for what? willyoupleasebequiet: the future willyoupleasebequiet: because I think it just started Picture Quote #1

With some break-ups, all you can think about afterwards is how badly it ended and how much the other person hurt you. With others, you become sentimental for the good times and lose track of what went wrong Picture Quote #1

It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is hard to stop seeing your parents as parents and to start seeing them as human beings. It’s a two-sided transition, and very few people manage it gracefully Picture Quote #1

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But I want to feel like life matters. I had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead (David Levithan Quotes) But I had a feeling I wasn’t supposed to find her that way. She was not a needle. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding each other (David Levithan Quotes) I try to be a careful person. Most of the time my carelessness is completely unintentional (David Levithan Quotes) We just want to walk. Our legs need to move to keep our minds from collapsing (David Levithan Quotes) This is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it’s too easy to see an X as a cross-out. it’s not, because there’s no way to cross out something like that. the X is a diagram of two paths (David Levithan Quotes) 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 (David Levithan Quotes) I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are azure indigo cerulean cobalt periwinkle and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky. He brings the sun (David Levithan Quotes) Life goes on. Get over it. You’re still young. It’ll get better. Blah, Blah, Blah (David Levithan Quotes) That’s it - hundreds of texts and conversations, thousands upon thousands of words spoken and sent, all boiled down into a single line. is that what relationships become? (David Levithan Quotes) Me: just don’t ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he’s carrying around an axe. mom:... me: I’m kidding about the axe part (David Levithan Quotes) Next to it was a dvd called ‘as I get laid dying,’ which had a hospital scene on the front. it was like grey’s anatomy, only with less grey and more anatomy (David Levithan Quotes) Because it is senior year I have begun to see things as potential absences. The things I love will become the things I’ll miss (David Levithan Quotes) What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing (David Levithan Quotes) All this hoping for something- or someone- that’s maybe hopeless. I’m having a hard time processing what I am supposed to believe, or if I’m even supposed to. There is too much information, and I don’t like a lot of it (David Levithan Quotes) The more kindness and justice are challenged, the more we must embrace them. Only when you are challenged - and only when you challenge yourself - do you discover what truly matters (David Levithan Quotes) That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a department store: anything. A piece of jewelry made by hand: something. A dollar: anything. A sand dollar: something. A gift certificate: anything. An IOU for two hours of starwatching: something. A drunk kiss at a party: anything. A sober kiss alone in a park: something (David Levithan Quotes) His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should (David Levithan Quotes) No, really,’ I said. ‘I think she’s great. And I honestly like her about twenty more times now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don’t have a future. We’ve just had a good time sharing the present, that’s all (David Levithan Quotes) If you zoom close-if you get really close to someone, if you really get close to yourself-then you lose the other person, you lose yourself entirely. You get so close you can’t see anything anymore (David Levithan Quotes) I have already spent roughly five thousand hours asleep next to you. This has to mean something (David Levithan Quotes) He was my first boyfriend, and I made him my everything - he was my new life, my new love, my new compass point. I guess that’s the danger with firsts - you lose all sense of proportion (David Levithan Quotes) It was like everyone suddenly knew what mattered. Money didn’t matter. Politics didn’t matter. Tabloid news didn’t matter. No-compassion mattered. Calm mattered. Respect mattered. Did it really take something of this magnitude to make us realize this? (David Levithan Quotes) But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it’s death. Anything. Something. Nothing (David Levithan Quotes) It’s like you’re a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, ‘I’m sorry, but this role isn’t right for me’. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing (David Levithan Quotes) I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you (David Levithan Quotes) Self-preservation isn’t worth it if you can’t live with the self you’re preserving (David Levithan Quotes) This is what my voice sounds like I don’t need to be talking to someone else To hear it (David Levithan Quotes) Willyoupleasebequiet: are you ready? bluejeanbaby: for what? willyoupleasebequiet: the future willyoupleasebequiet: because I think it just started (David Levithan Quotes) With some break-ups, all you can think about afterwards is how badly it ended and how much the other person hurt you. With others, you become sentimental for the good times and lose track of what went wrong (David Levithan Quotes) It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is hard to stop seeing your parents as parents and to start seeing them as human beings. It’s a two-sided transition, and very few people manage it gracefully (David Levithan Quotes)

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