1,395 Quotes by David Levithan

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    Now, I don't believe in doing hugs halfway. I can't stand people who try to hug without touching. A hug should be a full embrace - as I wrap my arms around Tony, I am not just holding him, but also trying to lift off his troubles for a moment so that the only thing he can feel is my presence, my support.

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    I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.

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    I kiss her and she finds the light switch and turns it off, and we're just lit in Pepsi-can colors and it's like we've finally found this other kind of conversation, this conversation in gestures and pulls and pushes and breaths and grasps and teases and glimmers and rubs and expectation.

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    Maybe there is hope in the fragments, that what is lost can always be filled in by someone who knows.

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    I can honestly say I've never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.

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    I never understood why anyone would have sex on the floor. Until I was with you and I realized: you don't realize you're on the floor.

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