David Levithan Quotes

A collection of quotes by David Levithan.

David Levithan is a renowned American author, editor, and publisher, born on September 7, 1972. He is best known for his young adult novels, which often explore themes of love, identity, and LGBTQ+ issues. Levithan has penned numerous critically acclaimed books, including "Every Day," "Boy Meets Boy," and "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" (co-written with John Green). His works have resonated with readers worldwide, earning him a dedicated following. With his compelling storytelling and thought-provoking narratives, Levithan has made a significant impact on the young adult literature scene. N/A

You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you

You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.

Life People You Know

flagrant, adj. I would be standing right there, and you woul

flagrant, adj. I would be standing right there, and you would walk out of the bathroom without putting the cap back on the toothpaste.

Love Relationships

I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.

I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.

Life Advice Guide Dash

It is much harder to lie to someone's face.But.It is also mu

It is much harder to lie to someone's face.But.It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.

hubris, n.Every time I call you mine, I feel like I'm forcin

hubris, n.Every time I call you mine, I feel like I'm forcing it, as if saying it can make it so. As if I'm reminding you, and reminding the universe: mine. As if that one word from me could have that kind of power.

Love Relationships

We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to

We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment.

He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive p

He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.

Life Truth People Attractive

I wanted love to conquere all. But love can't conquere anyth

I wanted love to conquere all. But love can't conquere anything.It can't do anyhting on its own.It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.

Love Quote Conqueres David Levithan Every Day

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.

Life Inspirational Decisions Choice

And still, for all the jealously, all the doubt, sometimes I

And still, for all the jealously, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we're together. That someone like me could find someone like you --- it renders me wordless. Because surely words would conspire against such luck, would protest the unlikelihood of such a turn of events.

The way you're singing in your sleepThe way you look before

The way you're singing in your sleepThe way you look before you leapThe strange illusions that you keepYou don't knowBut I'm noticingThe way your touch turns into arcsThe way you slide into the darkThe beating of my open heartYou don't knowBut I'm noticing

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's al

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.

Truth Communication Honesty Lies

I had made it somewhere special, and I'd gotten there all on

I had made it somewhere special, and I'd gotten there all on my own. Nobody had given it to me. Nobody had told me to do it. I'd climbed and climbed and climbed, and this was my reward. To watch over the world, and to be alone with myself. That, I found, was what I needed.

Inspirational Happy

But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was so

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.

Life Love Relationships Romance Platonic Love Cute Gay

I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beau

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.

Conflict Love Relationships

If I lose it now, I will lose you, too. I know that. I hate

If I lose it now, I will lose you, too. I know that. I hate it.

Relationship Love Lose

I will be the one to leave you.

I will be the one to leave you.

Relationship Love Leave

So that's what we did - rocketing down Sixth Avenue, dashing

So that's what we did - rocketing down Sixth Avenue, dashing around the rest of the post-concert crowd, splashing our tracks until our ankles were soaked. You took the lead, and I started to lose my sprint. But then you looked back, stopped, and waited for me to catch up, for me to take your hand, for us to continue to run in the rain, drenched and enchanted, my words to Amanda no longer feeling like a requirement, but a foretelling.

Love Rain Lover S Dictionary Ebullient

abstraction, n.Love is one kind of abstraction. And then the

abstraction, n.Love is one kind of abstraction. And then there are those nights when I sleep alone, when I curl into a pillow that isn't you, when I hear the tiptoe sounds that aren't yours. It's not as if I can conjure you up completely. I must embrace the idea of you instead.

Love Abstraction Lover S Dictionary

there was a time before youbut I can't remember it nowa time

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 producedjust one glanceand my life was redrawnjust one wordand my vocabulary changedI asked the timeand you said 'what's the hurry?'you asked my nameand I almost forgot

Beauty Love Infatuation Meetings