David Levithan Quotes - Page 7

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• 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.

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  Meaningful, Thinking, Possibility

  David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.37, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• 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.

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  Kindness, Justice, Challenges

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• I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real.

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  Real, Want, Knows

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.59, Egmont UK

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• School is school-she wants it to be over, but she's afraid of it being over, because then she'll have to figure out what comes next.

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  School, Want, Next

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.13, Egmont UK

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

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  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.137, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• That's what it felt like - that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.

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  Hurt, Monsters, Pouring

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.35, Egmont UK

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• Every person is a possibility. The hopeless romantics feel it most acutely, but even for others, the only way to keep going is to see every person as a possibility.

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  Hopeless Romantic, Way, Possibility

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.186, Egmont UK

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• Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.

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  Book, Waiting, Lines

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.36, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right.

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  Want, Break, Stills

  David Levithan (2009). “Love Is the Higher Law”, p.73, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• When Dawn looked at Vic, she saw Vic exactly as he wanted to be seen. Whereas Vic's parents couldn't help seeing who he used to be, and so many friends and strangers couldn't help seeing who he didn't want to be anymore, Dawn only saw him. Call it a blur if you want, but Dawn didn't see a blur. She saw a very distinct, very clear person.

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  Parent, Dawn, Want

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.155, Egmont UK

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• You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too.

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  Being Thankful, Steps, Behinds

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.5, Egmont UK

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• This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I might have one day.

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  Thinking, Differences, People

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.64, Macmillan

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• He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.

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  People, Attractive

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• But I think we were walking around like we were invincible. And maybe that's a bad way to live your life. Because you're not invincible. Nobody is. And maybe now that we've learned that, we'll be better.

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  Thinking, Live Your Life, Way To Live

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• The key to a successful relationship isn’t just in the words, it’s in the choice of punctuation. When you’re in love with someone, a well-placed question mark can be the difference between bliss and disaster, and a deeply respected period or a cleverly inserted ellipsis can prevent all kinds of exclamations.

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  Successful, Keys, Differences

  "The Lover's Dictionary". Book by David Levithan, www.sfgate.com. 2010.

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• After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simple are

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  Simple, Facts

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.7, Egmont UK

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• Is that all we need? Can the way we say each other's names encompass all our history, all our love, all our fear, all our fights, all our reunions, all of what we know about each other, all of what we don't know?

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  Fighting, Names, Needs

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.215, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.

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  Thinking, Sparks, Made

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• If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.

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  Decision, Made, Paralyzed

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.14, Egmont UK

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• Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

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  Feelings, Moments, That Moment

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.5, Macmillan

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• The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to say it out loud to someone who deserved to hear it. What we hoped, and what we found, was that the second sentence of the truth is always easier than the first, and the third sentence is even easier than that. Suddenly you are speaking the truth in paragraphs, in pages. The fear, the nervousness, is still there, but it is joined by a new confidence. All along, you've used the first sentence as a lock. But now you find that it's the key.

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  Keys, Locks, Pages

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.34, Egmont UK

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• Honestly, I'm just trying to live day to day

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  Trying, Honestly, Day To Day

  David Levithan (2015). “Another Day”, p.16, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd never call a person, unless we meant it cruelly

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  Book, Dying, Way

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.11, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded.

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  Wrapping Paper, Done, Kind

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.42, Egmont UK

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• Things rarely get fixed the way they need to be.

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  Needs, Way, Fixed

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.133, Macmillan

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