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I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is.

David Levithan

Love Is, Knows, I Can

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.7, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God.

David Levithan

Mom, Voting, Next

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.158, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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The way you're singing in your sleep The way you look before you leap The strange illusions that you keep You don't know But I'm noticing The way your touch turns into arcs The way you slide into the dark The beating of my open heart You don't know But I'm noticing

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Heart, Sleep, Dark

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick & Norah - Soundtrack einer Nacht”, p.102, cbj Verlag

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Now, I don't believe in doing hugs halfway. I can't stand people who try to hug without touching. A hug should be a full embrace - as I wrap my arms around Tony, I am not just holding him, but also trying to lift off his troubles for a moment so that the only thing he can feel is my presence, my support.

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Believe, People, Support

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.100, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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it is so unfair that he lives in ohio, because that should be close enough, but since neither of us drives and neither of us would ever in a million years say, 'hey, mom, do you want to drive me across indiana to see a boy?,' we're kind of stuck.

David Levithan

Mom, Boys, Ohio

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.22, Penguin

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simon: that's disgusting! me: what's disgusting? simon: you know. you put your thing in the place where he, um, defecates.

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Disgusting, Knows

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I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.

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Kissing, Long, Skins

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.96, Egmont UK

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He was my first boyfriend, and I made him my everything - he was my new life, my new love, my new compass point. I guess that's the danger with firsts - you lose all sense of proportion.

David Levithan

New Life, Firsts, Compass

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.67, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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.

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Country, Mean, Political

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I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers. Our brain does that sometimes. Or at least mine does.

David Levithan

Memories, Thinking, Brain

David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.102, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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fraught, adj. Does every “I love you” deserve an “I love you too”? Does every kiss deserve a kiss back? Does every night deserve to be spent on a lover? If the answer to any of these is “No,” what do we do?

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Love You, Kissing, Night

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.95, Macmillan

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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.

David Levithan

Thinking, Special, Sometimes

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isaac knows how stupid i find these things, and he finds them just as stupid as i do. like lol. now, if there's anything stupider than buddy lists, it's lol. if anyone ever uses lol with me, i rip my computer right out of the wall and smash it over the nearest head. i mean, it's not like anyone's laughing out loud about the things they lol. i think it should be spelled loll, like what a lobotomized person's tongue does. loll. loll. i can't think any more. loll. loll!

David Levithan

Wall, Rip, Stupid

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I was sixteen and equipped with the appropriate genitalia, so I cleared that hurdle nicely.

David Levithan

Sixteen, Hurdle, Appropriate

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.15, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Sorry to be so cynical, but this is New York

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New York, Sorry, Cynical

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.22, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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for the first time in my life i realize why hangers are called hangers, because after fifteen minutes of trying things on and throwing them aside, all i want to do is hook one to the top of my closet door, lean my neck into the loop, and let my weight fall.

David Levithan

Fall, Doors, Trying

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.66, Penguin

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And I'm moved, it's so beautiful. Not what I wrote, but to have it given back like this. To have her remember the words and the tune. To hear it in her voice.

David Levithan

Beautiful, Voice, Tunes

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.83, Egmont UK

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"I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex," or "Let's go to my place," or even "I really want you," I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you.

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Sex, Night, Gone

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.37, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.

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People, Guy, Humanity

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.181, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Its a fine line between love and stalking.

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Lines, Stalking, Fine Lines

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.158, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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Strong, Bravery, Brave

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Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

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Funny Love, Funny Life, Elevators

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.124, Egmont UK

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But I still has enough longing for that concept that I didn't want to dispel it completely. Meaning: I didn't want to tell Lily that I felt we'd all been duped by Plato and the idea of a soul mate. Just in case it turned out that she was mine.

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Plato, Ideas, Soul

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.83, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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I had always felt that mittens were a few steps back on the evolutionary scale-- why, I wondered, would we want to make ourselves into a less agile version of lobster.

David Levithan

Mittens, Lobster, Want

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.32, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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If there wasn't a word for it, would we realize our masochism as much?

David Levithan

Realizing, Ifs, Masochism

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.134, Macmillan

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