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1 " And love, I learned, is a constant act of creation, just as creation is almost always an act of love. "
― David Levithan , 19 Love Songs
2 " We are writing ourselves,writing each other.I am words,and there you areto read them. "
3 " All dressed up, we thought we looked so old. Now, of course, we look at the picture and see how young we actually were. We get younger every year. "
4 " I am reminded how households with only two people have a different kind of gravity than others. We need the background noise, because otherwise the burden is entirely on us. "
5 " You are here for the headstrong girl who will grow up to be president or something more important, like an English teacher "
6 " This is why we love stories, and love them from an early age: Nothing bad ever lasts in stories. And this is ultimately why we love life, too--because nothing bad ever lasts in life, not with the same intensity with which it initially appears. If we pay attention, stories can teach us that. "
7 " I don't remember what book it was - it almost doesn't matter, because the sensation of being read to is so much more powerful than any individual story. "
8 " You are here for...the nice girls who want to scream but are afraid ofbreaking something... "
9 " I didn't write autobiography. I wrote to leave autobiography behind. "
10 " To be loved by God is to be loved for who you are. To love God is to place no boundaries on who you love...Whether or not I believe in the God of my ancestors, I see God in everyone. "