David Levithan quotes - page 2

Just because a person is beautiful doesn't mean there's no soul beneath. Doesn't mean that person hasn't suffered like everyone else, doesn't mean they don't hope to still be a good human being in an awful world. (David Levithan)
I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.
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Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving.
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We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.
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But whether or not you are here, you are here-because these words are for you, and they wouldn't exist if you weren't here in some way.
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Maybe, it's not the distance that's the problem, but how you handle it.
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Because it is senior year I have begun to see things as potential absences. The things I love will become the things I'll miss.
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When it comes to true dance, it's not about how you look, it's all about the joy you feel.
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I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.
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...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.
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I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else. (David Levithan)
it's the belief, not the words, that mean everything. it's the floating.
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There is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.
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Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.
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I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.
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stanchion, n. I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter.
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You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.
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People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it's an added foundation to your life.
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If you want to be loved, be a lovable. It's a good place to start.
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only adj. thats the dilemma isn't it? when you're single, there's the sadness and joy of only me. And when you're paired, there's the sadness and joy of only you.
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Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right. (David Levithan)
It is not desire. Instead it is something deeper. I don't want to be with him constantly and forever. I want to be with him for the moment, and I want the moments to go on forever.
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The tenderness between two people can turn the air tender, the room tender, time itself tender. As I step out of bed and slip on an oversize shirt, everything around me feels like it's the temperature of happiness.
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If there wasn't a word for it, would we realize our masochism as much?
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It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves.
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