David Levithan quotes - page 15

I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you only see one thing in me. (David Levithan)
adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: "What are you thinking?” It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to. View quote
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I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you. View quote
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It is much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face. View quote
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Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test. View quote
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This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to -- I don't give them any benefit of the doubt. And being best friends is always about the benefit of the doubt. View quote
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I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own. View quote
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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. View quote
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barfly n. You have the ability to talk to anyone which is an ability I do not share. View quote
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Game over," you say, and I don't know which I take more exception to-- the fact that you say its over, or the fact that you say it's a game. View quote
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Maybe language is kind, giving us these double meanings. Maybe it's trying to teach us a lesson, that we can always be two things at once. (David Levithan)
There's no way to release yourself from a memory. It ends when it wants to end, whether it's in a flash or long after you've begged it to stop. View quote
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Every single answer starts with the phrase 'I don't know.' But most of the time she does know, if I give her the time and the space in which to answer. View quote
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Simple and complicated, as most true things are. View quote
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It's not the easy things that let you get to know a person. View quote
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How amazing it is that friendships can become so full that you can't imagine what your life was like before them. View quote
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It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing. View quote
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tiny: did someone die? me: yeah, i did. he smiles again at that. tiny: well, then... welcome to the afterlife. View quote
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If I'm not telling you something, it's for a reason. Just because you trust me, it doesn't mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn't work like that. View quote
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Tell me a way you think this can work." "We'll find a way," I tell her. "That's not an answer. It's a hope." "Hope's gotten us this far. Not answers. View quote
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But I want to feel like life matters. I had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead. (David Levithan)
But I think we were walking around like we were invincible. And maybe that's a bad way to live your life. Because you're not invincible. Nobody is. And maybe now that we've learned that, we'll be better. View quote
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it's gonna hurt because it matters. View quote
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I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real. View quote
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I have seen this too many times before. The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. View quote
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