David Levithan Quotes - Page 21

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• I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.

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  Writing, Character, Plot

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

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• I can honestly say Ive never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.

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  Character, Groups, Matter

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• People read vampire novels and say, Oh I want to read another vampire novel. People read fantasy, and theyre like, Oh I love fantasy. I dont know that people are necessarily finishing Hunger Games and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.

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  Games, People, Vampire

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• Such a strange thing, to hold a six-year-old's hand. Especially a six-year-old you've only just met. A toddler will grab hold of your finger, and someone your own age will clasp on to your whole hand, but with six-year-olds it's something in between, this acknowledgment that they can't be the one to take hold, so you have to do all the holding, folding your hand around theirs, feeling so much bigger and responsible.

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  Hands, Years, Feelings

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• You made me lose my appetite, Boomer." "My mom tells me that all the time. Your family must be just like mine!

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  Mom, Made, Appetite

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• I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten. It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF.

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  Teacher, Gay, Self

  David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.8, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

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  Wake Up, Normal, Sickness

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• It's the way you say thank you like you're genuinely thankful. I have never met anyone else who does that on a regular basis.

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  Doe, Way, Like You

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.155, Macmillan

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• The most understandable thing in the world should be how minutes lead to hours, how hours lead to days, how days can make a year. And yet, this neat progression can still be surprising.

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  Years, World, Hours

  David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.200, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Our lives change. Our feelings for each other change. Our bearings change. The song changes. The air changes. The temperature of the shower changes. Accept this. We must accept this.

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  Song, Life Changing, Air

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.94, Macmillan

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• Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are.

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  Scary, Musical, Obsessed

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• He’ll have to prove it to you. Every day, he’ll have to prove he’s worthy of you. And if he doesn’t, that’s it. But I think he will.

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  Thinking, Worthy, Prove It

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.191, Egmont UK

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• One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.

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  Play, Differences, My Best Friend

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• This is what you do now to give your day topography--scan the boxes, read the news, see the chain of your friends reporting about themselves, take the 140-character expository bursts and sift through for the information you need. It's a highly deceptive world, one that constantly asks you to comment but doesn't really care what you have to say. The illusion of participation can sometimes lead to participation. But more often than not, it only leads to more illusion, dressed in the guise of reality.

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  Character, Reality, Giving

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• With all due respect, if you’re forty-three, then I’m a fetus.

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  Three, Fetus, Forty

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• There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

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  Body, Our Love, Reason

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.83, Egmont UK

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• If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.

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  World, Knows, Ifs

  David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.74, Egmont UK

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• With some people ,the minute you start talking, it feels like you've known them for years. It only means that you were supposed to meet sooner. You're feeling all the time you should have known each other, but didn't. That time still counts. You can definitely feel it.

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  Mean, Talking, Should Have

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• And I find myself saying, “It wasn’t really about her.” And finding it’s true. What do you mean?” Norah asks. It was about the feeling, you know? She caused it in me, but it wasn’t about her. It was about my reaction, what I wanted to feel and then convinced myself that I felt, because I wanted it that bad. That illusion. It was love because I created it as love.

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  Mean, Feelings, Illusion

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

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• Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

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  Song, Long, Form

  David Levithan (2008). “Wide Awake”, p.5, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Are you going to be playing for the pure thrill of unreluctant desire?

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  Desire, Thrill, Pure

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.19, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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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• I couldn't fault her for believing, because I had to imagine i was nice to have that illusion still intact.

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  Nice, Believe, Faults

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.58, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• This is as much a part of my story as anything else. Friendship is love as much as any romance.

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  Romance, Stories

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• There is no such thing as equality for some. Equality must be for all. That is what freedom is. That is what liberty is. No human being is born more or less important than any other. How can we allow ourselves to forget that? What simpler truth is there?

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  Book, Important, Liberty

  David Levithan (2008). “Wide Awake”, p.14, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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