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161 " I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt. - A "
― David Levithan , Every Day (Every Day, #1)
162 " Also, I’m not going to bedevastated or anything either way. I’m not that kind of person. I just think if you don’t say thehonest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I—” she says,but then I hold up my finger, because I need to hear the thing she just said, and she talks toofast for me to keep up. I keep holding up my hand, thinking if you don’t say the honest thing, itnever becomes true. "
― David Levithan
163 " Max is a marvel to us. He will never have to come out because he will never have been kept in. Even though he has a mom and a dad, they made sure from the beginning to tell him that it didn't have to be a mom and a dad. It could be a mom and a mom, a dad and a dad, just a mom, or just a dad. When Max's early affections became clear, he didn't think twice about them. He doesn't see it as defining him. It is just a part of his definition. "
― David Levithan , Two Boys Kissing
164 " It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it. "
― David Levithan , How They Met, and Other Stories
165 " To love--to fall--is not a question. To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions. There is nothing worse than a ruined friendship. There is nothing better than a companion. Somewhere in between lies risk. Somewhere in between, lies. "
166 " you’d think that silence would be peaceful. but really, it’s painful. "
― David Levithan , Will Grayson, Will Grayson
167 " We switch to another language-- not our invented language or the language we've learned from our lives. As we walk further up the mountain, we speak the language of silence. This language gives us time to think and move. We can be here and elsewhere at the same time. "
― David Levithan , Boy Meets Boy
168 " The question is there in each silence. The question is there in the space between you. But you cannot bring it aloud. "
169 " What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread "
170 " O Lord, as I walk through the valley of the shadow of doubt, at least let mewear a Walkman... "
171 " Dreaming and loving and screwing. None of these are identities. Maybe when other people look at us, but not to ourselves. We are so much more complicated than that. "
172 " How much of my body is really me? My face is me, for sure. Anyone who looked at my face would know it was me. (...) But after that? If I showed myself a picture of myself from the shoulders down, would I be sure it was me? (...) I close my eyes and ask myself what my feet look like. I only kind of know. (...)I let it define me, but I can't even define it. "
― David Levithan , Another Day (Every Day, #2)
173 " When Dawn looked at Vic, she saw Vic exactly as he wanted to be seen. Whereas Vic's parents couldn't help seeing who he used to be, and so many friends and strangers couldn't help seeing who he didn't want to be anymore, Dawn only saw him. Call it a blur if you want, but Dawn didn't see a blur. She saw a very distinct, very clear person. "
174 " placid, adj.Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still. "
― David Levithan , The Lover's Dictionary
175 " There was a time before youbut I can't remember it nowa time before your beauty and Iwere formally introducedI'm sure I lived without youbut I don't remember howcan't imagine living withoutthese feelings you've produced "
― David Levithan , The Realm of Possibility
176 " It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love. "
177 " I say good-bye to hope, but I also say goodbye to hope's disappointment. "
178 " There's no way to know if we would have lasted. There's no way to be sure, and plenty of reasons to doubt it. I just wish I'd had the chance. That is one of the things I miss the most— the chance to make it work. "
179 " You can't wander around and think the wandering will call them back. "
180 " I've always wanted the happy ending, but now I'll just settle for the ending. "