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69d42ae
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An unarticulated crush is very different from an unrequited one, because at least with an unrequited crush you know what the hell you're doing, even if the other person isn't doing it back. An unarticulated crush is harder to grapple with, because it's a crush that you haven't even admitted to yourself. The romantic forces are all there -- you want to see him, you always notice him, you treat every word from him as if it weighs more than an..
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relationships
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David Levithan |
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87a5967
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I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. I can view everyone as pieces of a whole, and focus on the whole, not the pieces. I have learned to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present because th..
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future
past
loner
lonely
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David Levithan |
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89d3d29
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You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong.
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David Levithan |
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951905d
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She's cinematic and I'm a fucking sitcom.
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David Levithan |
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a1d0c60
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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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David Levithan |
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58630cb
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You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.
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David Levithan |
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37c5ed6
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It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.
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David Levithan |
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8cb89f9
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Here's what I know about the realm of possibility-- it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead. As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within the realm of possibility. Most of the limits are of our own world's devising. And yet, every day we each do so ..
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David Levithan |
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ecf754e
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The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.
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David Levithan |
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b7c6edf
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Love is one kind of abstraction. And then there are those nights when I sleep alone, when I curl into a pillow that isn't you, when I hear the tiptoe sounds that aren't yours. It's not as if I can conjure you up completely. I must embrace the idea of you instead.
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love
lover-s-dictionary
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David Levithan |
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c51beee
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I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together."
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David Levithan |
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5fb528f
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The key to a successful relationship isn't just in the words, it's in the choice of punctuation. When you're in love with someone, a well-placed question mark can be the difference between bliss and disaster, and a deeply respected period or a cleverly inserted ellipsis can prevent all kinds of exclamations.
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David Levithan |
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977736b
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You will always be my always.
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David Levithan |
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227cbd2
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Oh, how I hated this word. So pretentious, like it was always being translated from the French. The tint and taint of illicit, illegitimate affections. Dictionary meaning: . Impermanent. Unfamilial. Inextricably linked to sex. I have never wanted a lover. In order to have a lover, I must go back to the root of the word. For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted lover, and to be loved. There is no word for the recipient of t..
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David Levithan |
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215403a
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I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go away. They spare themselves the confrontation, but end up boiling in resentment anyway.
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David Levithan |
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f1bfb56
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Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?
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David Levithan |
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7367374
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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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David Levithan |
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0d72c64
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Singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain. And it's such a fucking glorious feeling. An unexpected downpour and I am just giving myself into it. Because what the fuck else can you do? Run for cover? Shriek and curse? No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it because if you can make yourself happy in the rain, then you're doing pretty alright in life.
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life
singing-in-the-rain
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David Levithan |
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ecd57fc
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We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.
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David Levithan |
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a0d50f8
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There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn't pass, that's it--you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lovers' face.
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David Levithan |
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8da3b89
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Fuck this. Fuck this wondering. Fuck this trying and trying. Fuck this belief that two people can become one ideal. Fuck this helplessness. Fuck this waiting for something to happen that probably won't ever happen.
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unbelief
rant
helplessness
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David Levithan |
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d066640
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Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.
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David Levithan |
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b743967
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There are times when I worry that I've already lost myself. That is, that my self is so inseparable from being with you that if we were to separate, I would no longer be. I save this thought for when I feel the darkest discontent. I never meant to depend so much on someone else.
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David Levithan |
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ad98477
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She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn't realize there isn't anything left to hope for.
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every-day
young-adult-fantasy
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David Levithan |
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6e02f16
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I don't want to fall. All I want to do is stand on solid ground.
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David Levithan |
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5ae6cc6
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need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.
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David Levithan |
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4318124
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I'm not even going to try.
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David Levithan |
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cd35cec
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What is it about the moment you fall in love? How can such a small measure of time contain such enormity? I suddenly realize why people believe in deja vu, why people believe they've lived past lives, because there is no way the years I've spent on this earth could possibly encapsulate what I'm feeling. The moment you fall in love feels like it has centuries behind it, generations--all of them rearranging themselves so that this precise, re..
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love
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David Levithan |
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efd2296
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I spent all this time building a relationship. Then one night I left the window open and it started to rust.
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David Levithan |
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4429acb
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I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.
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David Levithan |
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3fad8ea
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I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are azure indigo cerulean cobalt periwinkle and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky. He brings the sun.
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David Levithan |
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I felt silly for even mentioning it, but once I did, I knew I had to explain. "When I was a kid, "I had this puzzle with all fifty states on it--you know, the kind where you have to fit them all together. And one day I got it in my head that California and Nevada were in love. I told my mom, and she had no idea what I was talking about. I ran and got those two pieces and showed it to her--California and Nevada, completely in love. So a lot..
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relationships
love
definitions
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David Levithan |
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3100e6e
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I have been to many religious services over the years. Each one I go to only reinforces my general impression that religions have much, much more in common than they like to admit. The beliefs are almost always the same; it's just that the histories are different. Everybody wants to believe in a higher power. Everybody wants to belong to something bigger than themselves, and everybody wants company in doing that. They want there to be a for..
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David Levithan |
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67ca63b
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You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.
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David Levithan |
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8d11086
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i feel like my life is so scattered right now. like it's all these small pieces of paper and someone's turned on the fan. but talking to you makes me feel like the fan's been turned off for a little bit. like things could actually make sense. you completely unscatter me, and i appreciate that so much.
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will-grayson-will-grayson
john-green
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David Levithan |
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c368a8a
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I never understood why anyone would have sex on the floor. Until I was with you and I realized: you don't ever realize you're on the floor.
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sex
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David Levithan |
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f2333a2
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Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.
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David Levithan |
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962b3e8
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I think one of the highest compliments you can give a person is that when you are talking to him, you are not thinking about the fact that you are talking to him. That is, your thoughts and words all exist on a single, engaged level. You are being yourself because you aren't bothering to think about who you should be. It is like when you talk in a dream.
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David Levithan |
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a9e5088
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I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex," or "Let's go to my place," or even "I really want you," I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you."
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sex
sweet-talk
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David Levithan |
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869a9cf
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You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.
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people
life
you
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David Levithan |
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96da63c
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I'm not good at relationships I always manage to find the flaws sometimes in others but mostly my own. I foretell the ending then go and create the cause save myself and end up alone
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David Levithan |
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dfafe4e
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Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.
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humor
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David Levithan |
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f15a133
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Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.
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David Levithan |
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84f74ec
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I love you-I do-but I am afraid of making that love too important. Because you're always going to leave me, A. We can't deny it. You're always going to leave.
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David Levithan |