David Levithan Quotes

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.

It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour.

Beauty comes naturally, but it's hard to be stunning by accident.

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

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

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.

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

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

The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.

Slowly would be better than not at all.

Answerless questions can destroy you. Move on.

it's gonna hurt because it matters.

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.

I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else.

Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.

The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y

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.

Why do we even bother? Why do we make ourselves so open to such easy damage? Is it all loneliness? Is it all fear? Or is it just to experience those narcotic moments of belonging with someone else?

She transforms once again into someone carefree, and I transform into someone whose only care is her.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

I don’t like it when you use my shampoo, because then your hair smells like me, not you.

Bad Girl!" She chided. "I'm pretty sure Boris is a boy," I said. "Oh, I know," Mrs. Basil E. assured me. "I just like to keep him confused," Then she and Boris headed off with my future.

tiny: did someone die? me: yeah, i did. he smiles again at that. tiny: well, then... welcome to the afterlife.

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.

iv. who was it who invented size zero? who was it who promised that if you got to a certain point you would no longer be?

Void is when there is absolutely nothing there and the nothing is natural, a complete vacuum. But empty - with empty, you are aware of what's supposed to be there. Empty means something is missing.

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

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.

Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving

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

She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is.

I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.

That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts.

Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.

When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart.

There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.

It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.

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

Part of love is letting a person be who they want to be

I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.

People often say that when couples are married for a long time, they start to look alike. I don't believe that. But I do believe their sentences start to look alike.

You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.

I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are.

She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both.

There is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.

It's you. You deserve this. There is a reason this is happening to you.

It’s up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

Magic naturally fades over distance. But proximity - well, when it works, proximity amplifies magic.

I can flirt with the best of them, but only when it doesn't matter.