it's gonna hurt because it matters. David Levithan More Quotes by David Levithan More Quotes From David Levithan Void is when there is absolutely nothing there and the nothing is natural, a complete vacuum. But empty - with empty, you are aware of what's supposed to be there. Empty means something is missing. David Levithan vacuumsmissingmean I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are. David Levithan damagewantthinking It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored. David Levithan invisibilitybeing-ignoredwould-be There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. David Levithan momentswonderfeelings this is why we call people exes, I guess - because the paths that cross in the middle end up separating at the end. it's too easy to see an X as a cross-out. it's not, because there's no way to cross out something like that. the X is a diagram of two paths. David Levithan break-uptwopeople She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both. David Levithan first-lovepeoplefirsts I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end. David Levithan ends When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart. David Levithan indulgeindulge-inrip For the Jesus Revolutionaries, the answer was clear: Jesus would not be out waging "preventative" wars. Jesus would not be withholding medicine from people who could not afford it. Jesus would not cast stones at people of races, sexual orientatons, or genders other than His own. Jesus would not condone the failing, viperous, scandalplagued hierarchy of some churches. Jesus would welcome everyone to his his table. He would love them, and he would find peace. David Levithan racewarjesus when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost -- the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed. David Levithan together-againrealinspirational We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. David Levithan reflectionselffriendship You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too. David Levithan being-thankfulbehindssteps But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself. David Levithan possibilitymeaningfulthinking But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it's death. Anything. Something. Nothing. David Levithan momentslooks 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 it is joined by a new confidence. All along, you've used the first sentence as a lock. But now you find that it's the key. David Levithan lockspageskeys Yes, time can be buoyed by wordlessness, but it needs to be anchored in words. David Levithan needs To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away. David Levithan giving Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded. David Levithan wrapping-paperkinddone Making love without noise is like playing a muted piano-fine for practice, but you cheat yourself out of hearing the glorious results. David Levithan pianomaking-lovepractice I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf. David Levithan conquerwantlove
