David Levithan Quotes - Page 17

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• You can't deny that there's something between us." "No. There is. When I saw you today--I didn't know I'd been waiting for you until you were there. And then all of that waiting rushed through me in a second. That's something... but I don't know if it's certainty.

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  Waiting, Today, Saws

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• being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you’re trapped.

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  Mean, Years, Trapped

  David Levithan (2015). “Another Day”, p.36, Egmont UK

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• People read vampire novels and say, Oh I want to read another vampire novel. People read fantasy, and theyre like, Oh I love fantasy. I dont know that people are necessarily finishing Hunger Games and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.

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  Games, People, Vampire

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• My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.

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  Book, Writing, Giving

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• Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.

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  Character, Emotional, Long

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• It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

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  Thinking, Attachment, Perception

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.25, Egmont UK

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

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  Getting What You Want, Want, Easier

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.116, Egmont UK

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• Why do we feel the need to disconnect in order to connect?

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  Order, Needs, Feels

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• Our lives change. Our feelings for each other change. Our bearings change. The song changes. The air changes. The temperature of the shower changes. Accept this. We must accept this.

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  Song, Life Changing, Air

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.94, Macmillan

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• Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would be if we let it be. I can only guess from observation.

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  Confusing, Would Be, Complicated

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• New Yorkers love the bigness -- the skyscrapers, the freedom, the lights. But they also love it when they can carve out some smallness for themselves. When the guy at the corner store knows which newspaper you want. When the barista has your order ready before you open your mouth. When you start to recognize the people in your orbit, and you know that, say, if you're waiting for the subway at eight fifteen on the dot, odds are the redhead with the red umbrella is going to be there too.

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  Odds, Order, Eight

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• There are many things that can keep you in a relationship," I say. "Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change.

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  Decision, Get Better, Belief

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.48, Egmont UK

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

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  Hurt, Want, Honest

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.79, Egmont UK

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• ..I've been trying to argue myself into thinking these things don't matter, A. Really,I have. But I've lost the argument. And I can't keep having it, when I know what the real answer is.

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  Real, Thinking, Trying

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.168, Egmont UK

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• Teens wanted things that were real, that they connected with, it doesn't have to reflect reality directly. They love 'The Hunger Games' not because it's real in that it happens, but the emotions there are real, and it's very relatable.

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  Love, Real, Games

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• People say that time slips through our fingers like sand. What they don't acknowledge is that some of the sand sticks to the skin. These are memories that will remain, memories of the time when there was still time left.

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  Life, Memories, People

  Andrea Cremer, David Levithan (2013). “Invisibility”, p.170, Penguin

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• We gather the things we learned, and they don't nearly add up to fill the space of a life. You will miss the taste of Froot Loops. You will miss the sound of traffic. You will miss your back against his. You will miss him stealing the sheets. Do not ignore these things.

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  Space, Missing, Sound

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.7, Egmont UK

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• Your humor is your compass and your shield. You can hone it into a weapon or you can pull its strands out to make your very own cotton-candy blanket. You can’t exist on a diet of humor alone, but you can’t exist on a diet without it, either.

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  Cotton Candy, Weapons, Shields

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.26, Egmont UK

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• He’ll have to prove it to you. Every day, he’ll have to prove he’s worthy of you. And if he doesn’t, that’s it. But I think he will.

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  Thinking, Worthy, Prove It

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.191, Egmont UK

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• There are boys so enraptured by love that they can't get their hearts to slow down enough to get some rest, and other boys so damaged by love that they can't stop picking at their pain.

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  Pain, Heart, Boys

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.15, Egmont UK

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• You can give words, but you can't take them. And when words are given, that is when they are shared. We remember what that was like. Words so real they were almost tangible. There are conversations you remember, for certain. But more than that, there is the sensation of conversation. You will remember that, even when the precise words begin to blur.

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  Real, Giving, Tangible

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.35, Egmont UK

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• Yes, we could talk to you for days on end about all the bad first dates. Those are stories. Funny stories. Awkward stories. Stories we love to share, because by sharing them, we get something out of the hour or two we wasted on the wrong person. But that's all bad first dates are: short stories. Good first dates are more than short stories. They are first chapters. On a good first date, everything is springtime. And when a good first date becomes a relationship, the springtime lingers. Even after it's over, there can be springtime.

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  Two, Awkward, Stories

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.21, Egmont UK

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• It's not the easy things that let you get to know a person.

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  Easy, Persons, Easy Things

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.45, Egmont UK

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• The minute I knew I was in love was the minute when there was no question about it.

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  Minutes

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.56, Egmont UK

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• We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.

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  Believe, Fate, Serendipity

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.61, Egmont UK

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