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luckily, tiny texts me every five minutes or so. i don't know how he does it without getting caught in class. maybe he hides the phone in the folds of his stomach or something.

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Phones, Class, Doe

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.111, Penguin

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Magic naturally fades over distance. But proximity - well, when it works, proximity amplifies magic.

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Distance, Magic, Amplify

David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.29, Egmont UK

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The world is quieter now. It is never quiet, but it can get quieter. What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread. Nighttime is not that. Nighttime still rustles, still creaks and whispers and trembles in its throat. It is not darkness we fear, but our own helplessness within it. How merciful to have been granted the other senses.

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Silence, Peaceful, Darkness

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Every you, every me. Fractals. Fractures.

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Fractals, Fracture

David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.187, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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it's the belief, not the words, that mean everything. it's the floating.

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Mean, Floating, Belief

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elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.

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Kissing, Littles, Sides

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.78, Macmillan

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that's it - hundreds of texts and conversations, thousands upon thousands of words spoken and sent, all boiled down into a single line. is that what relationships become?

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Lines, Conversation, Single Line

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.185, Penguin

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need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.

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Needs, Bases

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.154, Penguin

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When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

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Needs, Should

David Levithan (2013). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.120, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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there was a time before you but I can't remember it now a time before your beauty and I were formally introduced I'm sure I lived without you but I don't remember how can't imagine living without these feelings you've produced just one glance and my life was redrawn just one word and my vocabulary changed I asked the time and you said 'what's the hurry?' you asked my name and I almost forgot

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Vocabulary, Names, Feelings

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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and when he catches me off guard and says 'i love you' i catch him off guard and say 'i need your help.

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Love You, Needs, Helping

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.34, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

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Coffee, Thinking, Two

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.168, Macmillan

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After tiny has tried ballerina pose, swing-batter-batter pose, pump-up-the-jam pose, and top-of-the-mountain-sound-of-music pose in the reflection of the bean, he walks us to a bench overlooking lake shore drive.

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Reflection, Lakes, Swings

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.93, Penguin

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exemplar, n. It's always something we have to negotiate- the face that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I have something to live up to, and if I fail, I still have a family to welcome me home. You have a storyline to rewrite, and a lack of faith that it can ever be done. You love my parents, I know. But you never get too close. You never truly believe there aren't bad secrets underneath.

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Believe, Home, Parent

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You existed. You existed now as a fractal. Definition: A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be broken into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole. Maybe I was a fractal. Maybe the photographer was a fractal. Maybe we were all fractals.

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Geometric Shapes, Broken, Definitions

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Maybe there is hope in the fragments, that what is lost can always be filled in by someone who knows.

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Filled In, Fragments, Lost

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.105, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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You make it a production. Slam doors. Knock things over. Scream. But I just leave. Even if I'm still standing there, I leave. I am refusing you. I am denying you. I am an adjective that is quickly turning into a noun.

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Doors, Adjectives, Nouns

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.89, Macmillan

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And who am I to blow against the wind?

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Blow, Wind

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No, really,' I said. 'I think she's great. And I honestly like her about twenty more times now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that's all.

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Thinking, Dating, Twenties

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We stay this way until twilight colours the window and the hour calls me home

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Twilight, Home, Way

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Our moments are music, and sometimes – just sometimes – we can catch them and put them into some lasting form. If we didn’t have music, I don’t think we could ever be truly happy, and if we didn’t have special moments, we would never find music.

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Thinking, Special, Sometimes

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I find I very rarely live up to my words. And since you know me primarily through my words, there are oh so many ways I can disappoint.

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Way, Disappoint, Know Me

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.200, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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When it all come down to it, the thing that matters most in a relationship is principles [...] We have the same idea what’s right and what’s wrong, and that’s got us through any number of things. If you can have that with someone, then you’re most of the way toward love. Not just lover-love. Any kind of love.

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Ideas, Numbers, Principles

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And as we drift into sleep, I feel something I’ve never felt before. A closeness that isn’t merely physical. A connection that defies the fact that we’ve only just met. A sensation that can only come from the most euphoric of feelings: belonging.

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Sleep, Feelings, Connections

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.19, Egmont UK

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There is certainty in a ring. The non-ending, the non-beginning. The ongoing. The way it holds on to you not because it's fastened or stretched or adhered. It holds on because it fits.

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Ongoing, Way, Fit

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.202, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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