David Levithan
David Levithan
David Levithanis an American young-adult fiction author and editor. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2003. He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth7 September 1972
CityShorts Hill, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
David Levithan quotes about
looks moments
But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it's death. Anything. Something. Nothing.
long long-time
Love me less, but love me for a long time
want appreciated
What I really want, and what I never get - is to be appreciated.
standing-on-the-edge standing edges
I'm always standing on the edge of something bad.
kind hubris feels
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.
reason happenings deserve
It's you. You deserve this. There is a reason this is happening to you.
geometric-shapes broken definitions
You existed. You existed now as a fractal. Definition: A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be broken into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole. Maybe I was a fractal. Maybe the photographer was a fractal. Maybe we were all fractals.
compassion news tabloids
It was like everyone suddenly knew what mattered. Money didn't matter. Politics didn't matter. Tabloid news didn't matter. No-compassion mattered. Calm mattered. Respect mattered. Did it really take something of this magnitude to make us realize this?
tick clock
The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.
hard
Even though it was hard to see you, it was good to see you.
understanding shock
When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.