David Levithan Quotes - Page 9

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• Yesterday is another world. I want to go back there.

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  Yesterday, World, Want

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.26, Egmont UK

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• Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.

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  Way, Let Me

  David Levithan (2008). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.177, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• The world, right now, is only us.

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  World, Right Now

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.13, Egmont UK

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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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• I think of friendship in terms of love.

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  Thinking, Term

  David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.8, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• If other people see you differently, you’ll end up seeing them differently, too.

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  People, Ends, Seeing

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.94, Egmont UK

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• We hold hands as we walk through town. If anybody notices, nobody cares. I know we all like to think of the heart as the center of the body but at this moment, every conscious part of me is in the hand that he holds. It is through that hand, that feeling, that I experience everything else.

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  Heart, Thinking, Hands

  David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.65, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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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• I mean, what if love isn't a yes-or-no question? It's not either you're in love or you're not. I mean, aren't there different levels? And maybe these things, like words and expectations and whatever, don't go on top of the love. Maybe it's like a map, and they all have their own place, and then when you see it from the sky - whoa.

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  Mean, Sky, Expectations

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• Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

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  People, Giving, Advice

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• When he talked to you, you seemed to fit in, but when someone else was talking, or he would be distracted, you jsut looked lonely over there. At least to me. But whenever I would tell you that, you'd say "I'm fine. I just slip out of it, you know?" And I'd say "I'll catch you," and you would say, "It's not the kind of slipping you can catch.

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  Lonely, Talking, Would Be

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• We walk into a bar, and you're aware of all the eyes on you. We walk into a bar, and I'm aware of all the eyes on you, too. For you, this translate into confidence. But me? All I can feel is doubt.

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  Eye, Doubt, Bars

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• Why do we even bother? Why do we make ourselves so open to such easy damage? Is it all loneliness? Is it all fear? Or is it just to experience those narcotic moments of belonging with someone else?

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  Loneliness, Damage, Moments

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.60, Egmont UK

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• People say that time slips through our fingers like sand. What they don't acknowledge is that some of the sand sticks to the skin. These are memories that will remain, memories of the time when there was still time left.

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  Life, Memories, People

  Andrea Cremer, David Levithan (2013). “Invisibility”, p.170, Penguin

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• this might be the happy ending without the ending

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  Might, Happy Endings

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.122, Egmont UK

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• me: just don't ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he's carrying around an axe. mom:... me: i'm kidding about the axe part.

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  Mom, Ex Boyfriend, Three

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.125, Penguin

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• It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.

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  Thinking, Attachment, Perception

  David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.25, Egmont UK

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

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  Real, Being Real, Ends

  David Levithan (2015). “Another Day”, p.92, Egmont UK

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• You're giving up. You're slipping into being miserable and if you are being miserable, then it's all about you again. But it's not all about you. Love doesn't work that way.

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  Giving Up, Way, Slipping

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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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• 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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• I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.

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  Eye, Sound, World

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.78, Penguin

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• What i want is for what i want to actually matter.

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  Want, Matter

  David Levithan (2012). “Six Earlier Days”, p.7, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• love is tied to truth. I think of them as unhappily conjoined twins.

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  Love Is, Thinking, Twins

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.81, Penguin

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• That word again. Happy. It’s a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It’s a trap.Before anything else happened, there was me in bed, thinking of who you used to be. I don’t want you to think I forgot.

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  Pursuit Of Happiness, Thinking, Unhappy

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