Quotes from David Levithan

The spot was empty. Empty but not void. 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.

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?

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.

They beat the shit out of me. But you know what? I didn't need that shit inside of me. I'm glad it's gone.

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

me giving my mom romantic advice is kind of like a goldfish giving a snail advice on how to fly." -Will Grayson (pg. 66)

Every you, every me. Fractals. Fractures.

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

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.

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

Pride is allowed to have an element of worry, especially when you are a mother.

It's okay," I tell her. "It is okay to be happy

It was like everyone suddenly knew what mattered. Money didn't matter. Politics didn't matter. Tabloid news didn't matter. No-compassion mattered. Calm mattered. Respect mattered. Did it really take something of this magnitude to make us realize this?

It is always an act of desperation, and I keep asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

What's the point of something virtual if it doesn't end up being real?

There is nothing that will add depth to despair like the feeling of deserving it.

Fuck you. This isn't about slipping yourself an extra twenty dollars of Monopoly money. These are our lives. You went and broke our lives. You are so much worse than a cheater. You killed something. And you killed it when its back was turned.

i have no idea what truth has to do with love, and vice versa. i'm not even thinking in terms of love here. it's way, way, way early for that. but i guess i am thinking in terms of truth. i want this to be truthful. and even as i protest to tiny and i protest to myself, the truth is becoming increasingly clear. it's time for us to figure out how the hell this is ever going to work.

love is tied to truth. I think of them as unhappily conjoined twins.

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.

Happiness is so rarely a part of my vocabulary, because for me it's so fleeting

I immediately suspected there was much more to it than was being said.

You were in Sweden? Boomer asked. No, I said. The trip got called off at the last minute. Because of political the unrest In Sweden? Priya seemed skeptical. Yeah-isn't it strange how the Times isn't covering it? Half the country's on strike because of that thing the crown prince said about Pippi Longstocking Which means no meatballs for Christmas, if you know what I mean. That's so sad! Boomer said.

Eventually she fell asleep, but I kept the phone against my ear, lulled by her breathing, and her breathing again in the background. And yes, it felt like home. Like everything belonged exactly where it was.