What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing David Levithan More Quotes by David Levithan More Quotes From David Levithan Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test. David Levithan love-someone tests How do you commemorate a year? A paper anniversary, but we are the words written down, not the paper. David Levithan written paper years For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that. David Levithan focus different world They don’t have silences together; they have noise. Mostly his. David Levithan silence noise together I've worn black today, because I've heard so often that it's supposed to be slimming. But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls. David Levithan black darkness today it's gonna hurt because it matters. David Levithan hipster hurt matter It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are. David Levithan true-things simple complicated I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain. David Levithan clay sadness beautiful There are few things harder than being born into the wrong body. David Levithan harder born body People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it's an added foundation to your life. David Levithan foundation love-is people I hope that George doesn't internalize her scare tactics. I want to argue with her, tell her that "sins of the flesh" is just a control mechanism -- if you demonize a person's pleasure, then you can control his or her life. I can't say how many times this tool has been wielded against me, in a variety of forms. But I see no sin in a kiss. I only see sin in the condemnation. David Levithan scare-tactics kissing flesh I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body's thoughts, no goals but the body's goals. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line. David Levithan winning running past 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. David Levithan messages heart fall This is the trap of having something to live for: Everything else seems lifeless. David Levithan lifeless traps seems If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it. David Levithan definitions want comforting I am starting to get tired of relying on words. They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Writing to her is not the same as seeing her face as she listens. hearing back from her is not the same as hearing her voice. I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there's a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. I want to be there, and this scares me. All my usual disconnected comforts are bieng taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence. David Levithan grateful taken writing I know from experience that beneath every peripheral girl is a central truth. She’s hiding hers away, but at the same time she wants me to see it. David Levithan hiding girl want i have never had anybody talk to me like this. this is not a flirty sixth-grade phone call or bantering with friends or words passed in a note. i feel that if my soul could talk it would talk like this. David Levithan flirty phones soul We all contain mysteries, especially when seen from the inside. David Levithan mystery 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. David Levithan deny important love-you