Quotes from David Levithan

It scares me how hard it is to remember life before you. I can't even make the comparisons anymore, because my memories of that time have all the depth of a photograph. It seems foolish to play games of better and worse. It's simply a matter of is and is no longer.

Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

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.

when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost -- the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed.

Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. If I wanted to detach completely, I would move my body away. I would stop the conversation midsentence. I would leave the bed. Instead, I hover over it for a second. I glance off in another direction. But I always glance back at you.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you're friends is easy. Being friends is not.

If you stare at the center of the universe, there is coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other.

misgivings , n . Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. "There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

It doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit. It just has to be.

And If only I could, I'd make a deal with God.

In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God.

I say good-bye to the part of myself that misses him so much.

If you want to be loved, be a lovable. It's a good place to start.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

They defy gravity, as good books should.

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.

I have become very good at clearing histories.

So what else can I tell you?" I asked. "I mean, to get you to reveal Lily to me.

A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.

The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

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

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

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

Do not just seek happiness for yourself. Seek happiness for all. Through kindness. Through mercy.