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That's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?

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Night, Doe, Ends

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I'm not in love with you.

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Love You

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hubris, n. Every time I call you mine, I feel like I'm forcing it, as if saying it can make it so. As if I'm reminding you, and reminding the universe: mine. As if that one word from me could have that kind of power.

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Kind, Hubris, Feels

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.107, Macmillan

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scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

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Coffee, Thinking, Two

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.168, Macmillan

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and when he catches me off guard and says 'i love you' i catch him off guard and say 'i need your help.

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Love You, Needs, Helping

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.34, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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there was a time before you but I can't remember it now a time before your beauty and I were formally introduced I'm sure I lived without you but I don't remember how can't imagine living without these feelings you've produced just one glance and my life was redrawn just one word and my vocabulary changed I asked the time and you said 'what's the hurry?' you asked my name and I almost forgot

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Vocabulary, Names, Feelings

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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You existed. You existed now as a fractal. Definition: A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be broken into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole. Maybe I was a fractal. Maybe the photographer was a fractal. Maybe we were all fractals.

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Geometric Shapes, Broken, Definitions

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When he talked to you, you seemed to fit in, but when someone else was talking, or he would be distracted, you jsut looked lonely over there. At least to me. But whenever I would tell you that, you'd say "I'm fine. I just slip out of it, you know?" And I'd say "I'll catch you," and you would say, "It's not the kind of slipping you can catch.

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Lonely, Talking, Would Be

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I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers. Our brain does that sometimes. Or at least mine does.

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Memories, Thinking, Brain

David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.102, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.

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Eye, Squares, Faces

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.9, Penguin

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I can take everything on her face at face value, and that's valuable in a friend.

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Faces, Valuable, Face Value

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.64, Penguin

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How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.

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Stories, Forgotten, Tombs

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.102, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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I want to take back the secrets I told you so I can decide now whether to tell them to you again. I want to take back the piece of me that lies in you, to see if I truly miss it. I want to take back at least half the “I love you”s, because it feels safer that way.

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Lying, Love You, Missing

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.159, Macmillan

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I had a sense then of how if we truly understood how many of the unimportant things we do will end up outliving us, we'd never be able to go on.

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Unimportant Things, Goes On, Able

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Gone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our lives have to be our lives.

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Cities, Memorial, Gone

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I have always been aware of how I break. I know what kind of situations will break me. I know what kind of people will do it. I know how much it will hurt.

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Hurt, People, Kind

David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.43, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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I couldn't remember ordinary moments, only the ones that had made an impression. Ordinary moments were the ones that fell away first.

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Ordinary, Firsts, Remember

David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.86, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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And yes, Holden would keep those kids from falling off the cliff, but WHO WOULDN'T? Does she think I would just fold my arms or give them a pat on the back before they sailed headfirst to the ground? We are all catchers, and it's sad that she doesn't see it. Instead she sees the PHONINESS, she deplores the world even after I point out that I am in it.

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Fall, Kids, Thinking

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.61, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible.

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Trying, Pieces, Gaps

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan

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I text tiny a minute later. MADE NEW GAY FRIEND. And he texts back PROGRESS!!!

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Gay, Progress, Tiny

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.114, Penguin

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My lines all curve. I tend to connect the wrong dots.

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Curves, Individuality, Lines

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.64, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse.

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Knowing, Space, Impossible

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.114, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

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Strong, Thinking, Bravery

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.156, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Maybe, it's not the distance that's the problem, but how you handle it.

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Relationship, Distance, Problem

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Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could be a tawdry love affair or telling off a mean-looking bus driver because he doesn't like to stop for noisy teenagers. It could be cheating at cards or eating a peanut even though you're allergic. For me, danger might be getting out from the protective cloak of my family and venturing into the world more of my own, even though I don't know what- or who- awaits me.

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Cheating, Teenager, Mean

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.145, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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