David Levithan Quotes

Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.

If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of...

It was a mistake, you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin.

It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.

Little less than a promise, and a little more than a chance.

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 ki...

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?

Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results.

Moments into minutes. Minutes into hours. Hours into days. Days into years. Years into possibility. This will linger.

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 tr...

Part of love is letting a person be who they want to be

People are rarely as attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them. Which is, I suppose, as it should be.

She asked me what was wrong, and I told her I had to end it. She was surprised, and asked my why I thought so. I told her it wasn't a thought, more a feeling, like I couldn't breathe and knew I had to...

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 h...

Tikkun olam.Exactly. Basically, it says that the world has been broken into pieces. All this chaos, all this discord. And our job - everyone’s job - is to try to put the pieces back together. To make...

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

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.

There are friends, but they are people to spend time with, not people to share time with.

This might be the happy ending without the ending