1,395 Quotes by David Levithan

Do you know what I learned? I learned that leaving is bullshit. Because you always take yourself wherever you go.

I had yet to learn that when it came to gender, I was both and neither.

Even though you're not my type, gender wise, you're certainly my type, person-wise.

LYNDA (TO TINY):Look forward to the momentwhen it falls apart.Look forward to themomentwhen you mustrearrange yourheart.It might feel like theend of the world-but it's the beginning of yourart.

you live each day one at a timeyou live every day all at onceyou live with the possibility of good-byeyou move on.

My life changes all the time, but books don't change. My reading of them changes-- I can bring new things to them each time. But the words are familiar words. The world is a place you've been before, and it welcomes you back.

…Then it hits me.Maybe we’re the pieces,What?Maybe that’s it. With what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn’t that we’re supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we’re the pieces. Maybe, what we’re supposed to do is come together. That’s how we stop the breaking.Tikkun olam.

when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost -- the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed.

Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving.