Quotes from David Levithan

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

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

I am seeing that I cannot be a part of the music that sets him free.

Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.

love sometimes causes you to do stupid things. And even when the lessons are clear to everyone else around you, sometimes you have a hard time seeing them yourself. When people say love is blink, they act like that's a good thing. But some people find their way around in the darkness a little better than others.

once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear.

I know part of knowing someone is being mean to them or whatever.

it's like kissing a boy, finally, a boy

yesterday, n. You called to ask me when I was coming home, and when I reminded you that I wasn't coming home, you sounded so disappointed that I decided to come home.

And Tiny is saying, If you can't trust your gut then what can you trust?And I say, You can trust that caring, as a rule, ends poorly, which is true. Caring doesn't sometimes lead to misery. It always does.

The words were clumsy in my mouth, like typing with hammers.

I loved you for everything.

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. If the moment doesn't pass, that's it-- you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.

We didn't have much in common, but I thought that being gay in common would be enough.

My eyes are open and I'm not seeing a thing because I am so lost inside.

am always happiest when I am just attractive enough. Meaning: other people won't find me unattractive. Meaning: I make a positive impression. Meaning: my life is not defined by my attractiveness, because that brings its own perils as well as its own rewards.

Twenty feet away. Even in the crowded hallway,there is something in her that radiates out to me

I could never be with someone who wasn't excited by rainstorms

The minute you stop talking about individuals and start talking about a group, your judgment has a flaw in it.

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

Some boys—not many, but a few—are like that, getting their own strength from finding your weakness and poking it. There's something weirdly transfixing about their confidence, like even as they're condescending to you, you're secretly hoping that their strength will rub off and suddenly you'll be as confident as they are.

i have no idea why anyone would want to become a teacher. i mean, you have to spend the day with a group of kids who either hate your guts or are kissing up to you to get a good grade. that has to get to you after a while, being surrounded by people who will never like you for any real reason.

Maybe I'm better like this. Maybe I could live my life in my own world, and then simply leave it when it's time to go.

happy to see me and unhappy to see me at the same time