1,395 Quotes by David Levithan

But once upon a time - that would be our time - a telephone cord seemed like nothing less than a lifeline.It was your attachment to the outside world and, even more than that, your attachment to the people you loved, or wanted to love, or tried to love. Everything about it was fitting - the way it curled in on itself, the way it got so easily tangled, the way you could pull it only so far before it kept you in place.Twisted and knotted and essential.

I can't imagine it. It doesn't feel like a believable future. Which feels like a cop-out. Because who wants to end up with a future that was always believable?

this blue shirt i have is practically the same color as my jeans, and looking all-blue is something only cookie monster can pull off.

One last song. One last turn. One last street. no matter how hard you try to keep hold of a day, it's going to leave you

It's hard to think of such things when you are busy dreaming or loving or screwing. The context falls away.

No. I don't. You don't always have to be who they want you to be, you know.

Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right.

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

Referring to Bogey's party: A lame excuse for all the idiots in our school to drink beer and rub up against each other in hopes of distracting themselves from the pathetic emptiness of their meaningless, consumer-driven lives.