David Levithan quotes - page 17

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. (David Levithan)
There's no such thing as a perfect person, so it makes no sense to write a perfect person. I don't know any author who'd try. And we write characters, not representations of groups. View quote
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I love bouncing my words off of someone else's, and the fact that writing a story with someone else guarantees you'll get something you never, ever would have written on your own. View quote
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. Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. "There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more. View quote
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You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot. View quote
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Most of the time when we think we're looking for death, we're really looking for love. View quote
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i am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me. those seem to be the two choices. everything else is just killing time. View quote
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And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right. View quote
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. There are times when I doubt everything. When I regret everything you've taken from me, everything I've given you, and the waste of all the time I've spent on us. View quote
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You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong. View quote
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I'm not even going to try. (David Levithan)
I want to believe there is a somebody out there just for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody. View quote
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. The natural state. Our moods change. 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. View quote
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We believe in the wrong things, that's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong. View quote
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sometimes it's okay to cheat on things - but don't ever cheat on people. because once you start, it's very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do. View quote
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3. You think that looks like a heart? If you do, that's only because you've never seen scrotum. View quote
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If you and I really, truly wanted to change the world, we'd invent more words that started with. View quote
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what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it's like to work so hard to make sure everyone's happy, and to have not a single person recognize it. View quote
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It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close. View quote
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. "Most times, when I'm having sex, I'd rather be reading." This was, I admit, a strange thing to say on a second date. I guess I was just giving you a warning. "Most times when I'm reading," you said, "I'd rather be having sex". View quote
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When I say,, I don't mean,. I don't mean,. I don't mean,. I want us to go back down to that root. I want you to be the one who loves me. I want to be the one who loves you. (David Levithan)
All sorts of yayness floods my brain. Love is such a drug. View quote
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I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward. View quote
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The world is full of people who think different is synonymous with wrong. View quote
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if my whole world is going to crash down around me, then i am going to make the sound of the crashing. View quote
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