Quotes from David Levithan

I am trying to make an emotional point. I don't expect you to understand me on that level - you are but a romantic sapling. I am a sequoia, so you'd be well advised to listen to what I have to say.

I know there's a twisted code of honor about never tattling on another student, never speaking up against someone who's done you wrong. I know I will only make it worse by breaking this code. But the code of honor was written by bullies for the protection of bullies, and I don't want to follow it.

I knew you better than anyone else. I was sure of it.

Her sense of humor is indistinguishable from her sense of self.

Conversation is not his strong suit. In fact, I'm not sure it's a suit he owns.

There is not one moment when that feeling of inadequate sorrow goes away. It just lessens and lessens, until it is mostly a memory of itself.

In fact, the people who live in this town exist—millions of them. They just don't happen to all live in the same town.

you live each day one at a time you live every day all at once you live with the possibility of good-bye you move on.

I'm insane. But I tell them this. I tell them to consider blessings. The thing about blessings is that they aren't just delivered to you. There is some mystery to their appearance, but once they're in your reach, you have to do something for them.

finances, n. You wanted to keep the list on the refrigerator. No, I said. That's too public. What I meant was: Aren't you embarrassed by how much you owe me?

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking. What would you have them do?

I collected their papers. The ones that blew into Brooklyn. They were just there at first. I didn't even know what they were. But once I did, I went all over the place, picking them up. I don't know what to do with them. I mean, they're meaningless now, but they still exist. You can't throw out something like that. You can't make them gone like that.

I am not ready to see what happens next. Because it's possible that nothing will happen, and that might break me.

After a year, Peter and Neil feel they are beyond the discovery phase. But we're sure that they will continually discover this not to be the case. There's always something new to learn about the person you love.

I know people always talk about living in the middle of nowhere—there's always another place (some city, some foreign country) they'd rather be. But it's moments like this that I feel like I live in the middle of somewhere. My somewhere.

It's not the easy things that let you get to know a person. Know, and love.

When you're in high school, love is rare and like is enjoyable, so you just take what you can get.

What do I know about love? Not much - that's the safe answer.

It just makes me mad. All the stupid arbitrary shit. It makes you want to overthrow the world. On a daily basis.

Don't let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

who the hell wants to be the one to tell a kid that santa claus isn't real. it's the truth, right? but you're still a jerk for saying it.

The minute I knew I was in love was the minute when there was no question about it. One night I was lying in the dark, looking at her looking at me, and it just was there, undeniable.

I'm so sorry," I continue. And it's like the last word is a hurdle and I can't leap it, because something in the word snags my voice and suddenly I am giving everything up. I am letting my shoulders fall and I am feeling myself become the absence, feeling myself become that gasp and sob.

If you stare at the center of the universe, there is a 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.