How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten. David Levithan More Quotes by David Levithan More Quotes From David Levithan The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe. David Levithan asthma ability breathe You make it a production. Slam doors. Knock things over. Scream. But I just leave. Even if I'm still standing there, I leave. I am refusing you. I am denying you. I am an adjective that is quickly turning into a noun. David Levithan nouns adjectives doors When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath. David Levithan shock understanding It's goodbye to some things. And hello to others. David Levithan hello goodbye School is school-she wants it to be over, but she's afraid of it being over, because then she'll have to figure out what comes next. David Levithan next want school When I say, "Be my lover", I don't mean, "Let's have an affair." I don't mean "Sleep with me." I don't mean, "Be my secret." 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 love-you sleep mean It doesn't feel like a date. It doesn't feel like friendship. It feels like something that fell off the tightrope but hasn't yet hit the net. David Levithan like-something feels ..I've been trying to argue myself into thinking these things don't matter, A. Really,I have. But I've lost the argument. And I can't keep having it, when I know what the real answer is. David Levithan real trying thinking 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. David Levithan get-better decision belief Why do we feel the need to disconnect in order to connect? David Levithan feels order needs I have no more idea now of who I am than I did before. But at least I know that. And I'm starting to figure out who I want to be. David Levithan who-i-am want ideas It's the secret smile you get from knowing that, somewhere, there is someone who is yours. Not in the sense that you own her or control her. She is yours because you can say anything to her, whenever you need to. And she can do the same, whenever she needs to. David Levithan knowing secret say-anything 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. David Levithan drifters term lonely being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you’re trapped. David Levithan trapped mean years After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simple are David Levithan simple facts Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would be if we let it be. I can only guess from observation. David Levithan confusing complicated would-be In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. I have never fallen in love with a gender. I have fallen for individuals. David Levithan desire-love individual love-is You can't deny that there's something between us." "No. There is. When I saw you today--I didn't know I'd been waiting for you until you were there. And then all of that waiting rushed through me in a second. That's something... but I don't know if it's certainty. David Levithan saws waiting today Tell me a way you think this can work." "We'll find a way," I tell her. "That's not an answer. It's a hope." "Hope's gotten us this far. Not answers. David Levithan answers way thinking I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt. David Levithan honest hurt want
