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It's as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.
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truth
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David Levithan |
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I try to convince myself that it's the alcohol talking. But alcohol can't talk. It just sits there. It can't even get itself out of the bottle.
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David Levithan |
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There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.
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friendship
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David Levithan |
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Those mornings when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.
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kiss
love
dictionary
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David Levithan |
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A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so many other place we could have ended up, but I have to believe none of them would have felt this right. "All I want is you" is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it."
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realm-of-possibility
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David Levithan |
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When I am with you, there is nowhere else I'd rather be. And I am a person who always wants to be somewhere else.
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David Levithan |
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It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show you tried unless you end up succeeding.
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David Levithan |
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Singing in the rain. I'm singing in the rain. And it's such a fucking glorious feeling.
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rain
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David Levithan |
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Being a bitch is easy. It's finding the alternative that's hard.
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David Levithan |
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you'd think that silence would be peaceful. but really, it's painful.
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silence
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David Levithan |
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Sometimes when you hit send, you can imagine the message going straight into the person's heart. But other times, like this time, it feels like the words are merely falling into a well.
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David Levithan |
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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.
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David Levithan |
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You know what's a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to get to beauty, and even then, when you get there, you still have to wake her up. -- Tiny Cooper
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David Levithan |
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When it's going well, the fact of it is everywhere. It's there in the song that shuffles into your ears. It's there in the book you're reading. It's there on the shelves of the store as you reach for a towel and forget about the towel. It's there as you open the door. As you stare off into the subway, it's what you're looking at. You wear it on the inside of your hat. It lines your pockets. It's the temperature. The hitch, of course, it tha..
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David Levithan |
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Because the song is us and the song is her and this time I'm going to use her name. Norah, Norah, Norah - no rhymes really. Just truth. I shouldn't want the song to end. I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I'm seeing we don't live in a single song. We move from song to song, from lyric to lyric, from chord to chord. There is no ending here. It's an infinite playlist.
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David Levithan |
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But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.
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David Levithan |
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Moments into minutes. Minutes into hours. Hours into days. Days into years. Years into possibility. This will linger.
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David Levithan |
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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.
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David Levithan |
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But isn't this a dance? Isn't all of this a dance? Isn't that what we do with words? Isn't that what we do when we talk, when we spar, when we make plans or leave it to chance? Some of it's choreographed. Some of the steps have been done for ages. And the rest -- the rest is spontaneous. The rest has to be decided on the floor, in the moment, before the music ends.
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David Levithan |
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underneath all that denial, you're someone who's deeply, deeply nice.
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David Levithan |
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Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be.
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David Levithan |
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We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay.
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realm-of-possibility
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David Levithan |
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There are many things that can keep you in a relationship," I say. "Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change."
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David Levithan |
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I find I very rarely live up to my words. And since you know me primarily through my words, there are oh so many ways I can disappoint.
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David Levithan |
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And still, for all the jealously, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we're together. That someone like me could find someone like you --- it renders me wordless. Because surely words would conspire against such luck, would protest the unlikelihood of such a turn of events.
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David Levithan |
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I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is.
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David Levithan |
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The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's not getting over that.
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David Levithan |
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I showed him the Post-it. "You see They're from Lily." "Who's Lily?" "Some girl." "Ooh... a girl!" "Boomer, we're not in third grade anymore. You don't say, 'Ooh... a girl!'" "What? You fucking her?" "Okay, Boomer, you're right. I liked 'Ooh... a girl!' much more than that. Let's stick with 'Ooh... a girl!"
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teen
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David Levithan |
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everyone in our school has afterschool activities. mine is going home.
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David Levithan |
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We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment.
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inspirational
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David Levithan |
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he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with.
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love
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David Levithan |
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me: why is it upset? shouldn't it be downset? gideon: i will file a lawsuit against the dictionaries first thing tomorrow morning. we're going to tear merriam a new asshole and throw webster inside of it.
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David Levithan |
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So what else can I tell you?" I asked. "I mean, to get you to reveal Lily to me." She triangled her fingers under her chin. "Let's see. Are you a bed wetter?" "Am I a...?" "Bed wetter. I am asking if you are a bed wetter." I knew she was trying to get me to blink. But I wouldn't. "No, ma'am. I leave my beds dry." "Not even a little drip every now and then?" "I'm trying hard to see how this is germane." "I'm gauging your honesty. What is the..
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humor
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David Levithan |
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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.
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David Levithan |
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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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mortality
inspiration
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David Levithan |
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I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.
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Rachel Cohn & David Levithan |
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Some people think mental illness is a matter of mood, a matter of personality. They think depression is simply a form of being sad, that OCD is a form of being uptight. They think the soul is sick, not the body. It is, they believe, something that you have some choice over. I know how wrong this is. When I was a child, I didn't understand. I would wake up in a new body and wouldn't comprehend why things felt muted, dimmer. Or the opposite--..
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mental-illness
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David Levithan |
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Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.
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David Levithan |
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and At the core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.
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David Levithan |
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Now, I don't believe in doing hugs halfway. I can't stand people who try to hug without touching. A hug should be a full embrace - as I wrap my arms around Tony, I am not just holding him, but also trying to lift off his troubles for a moment so that the only thing he can feel is my presence, my support.
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David Levithan |
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Love doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third day
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relationships
life
love
inspirational
beautiful
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David Levithan |
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Love doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third day. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirt. It just has to be.
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relationships
life
love
inspirational
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David Levithan |
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The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to say it out loud to someone who deserved to hear it. What we hoped, and what we found, was that the second sentence of the truth is always easier than the first, and the third sentence is even easier than that. Suddenly you are speaking the truth in paragraphs, in pages. The fear, the nervousness, is still there, but i..
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David Levithan |
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Part of love is letting a person be who they want to be
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David Levithan |