Quotes from David Levithan

It is a hard cycle to conquer. The body is working against you. And because of this, you feel even more despair. Which only amplifies the imbalance. It takes uncommon strength to live with these things. But I have seen that strength over and over again. When I fall into the life of someone grappling, I have to mirror their strength, and sometimes surpass it, because I am less prepared.

The waking world. Even the most cynical among us must greet it with a touch of hope. Maybe it's a chemical reaction, our thoughts communing with the sunrise and creating that brief, intense faith in newness.

I have to let go of some other things in order not to crash right into the ground. I no longer give a fuck. I mean, I didn't think I gave a fuck before. But that was amateur not-giving-afuck. This is stop-at-nothing, don't-give-a-fuck freedom.

It's not like a puzzle piece where there's an instant fit. With relationships, you have to shape the pieces on each end before they go perfectly together.

There were so many other people in my life. I had spent all of my time listening, learning the longings we all have in common. I never took the time to hear them in myself and I heard them speaking to him. The desire for desire, that hope for hope, the possibility of everything truly possible. I had so many friends, so many nods and conversations, so many things I'd always wanted to say to someone.

It hurts that I can be so full of him, when he's so empty of me.

Yes, I pray to my Big Lesbian God Who Doesn't Really Exist.

That's the dilemma, isn't it? When you're single, there's the sadness and joy of only me. And when you're paired, there's the sadness and joy of only you.

We both stay there, on our tightrope. Not looking down, but not moving, either.

Qué sutil ironía: justo cuando dejamos de querer matarnos, empezamos a morir. Cuando nos sentíamos fuertes, nos quedábamos sin fuerzas.

I tried to put myself in his place, and realized we looked exactly like what we were: a family. These strangely tied together individuals trying desperately to keep both ourselves and one another happy. Succeeding, and failing, and succeeding.

Desearíamos poder mostrarles el mundo mientras duermen. Así no tendrían ninguna duda de cuan similares, cuan confiados, cuan sorprendentes y vulnerables somos todos.

Sitting in that room, talking to Mr. Wright, I knew I had to get all of my identities in order. I realized how many identities I had, at a time when I really should have been focusing on having one.

i don't want my body to be a temple. i don't want it to be worshiped or congregated.

And how devastating would it be to confide in someone and have the confidence disappear?

I am in love with someone who's afraid of the future. And like a fool, I keep bringing it up.

Why must we die over and over again?

Even though I was turned on and warm and with him…I thought to myself, I'm missing something.

It's hardest when I'm by a computer. Such a brutal portal.

Every day I am someone else. I am myself- I know I am myself- but I am also someone else

I never want to stay. I'm always ready to leave.

Siente lo que ya sabemos: lo sobrenatural es natural y lo maravilloso puede provenir del movimiento más mundano, como de un latido o una mirada.

There are two kinds of drivers, he thinks: those who see the world around the road, and those who fixate on the road itself. We'll end up where we want to be. We always do.

once time is lit, it twill burn whether or not you're breathing it in. even after smoke becomes air there is the memory of smoke