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
love-is want persons
Part of love is letting a person be who they want to be
ideas kind worst
I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.
rain make-yourself-happy alright
...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.
filled-in fragments lost
Maybe there is hope in the fragments, that what is lost can always be filled in by someone who knows.
thinking silence compatible
I think they have compatible silences.
book good-book should
They defy gravity, as good books should.
lying hate cutting
I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
games may please
Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it’s a game, I know I’m going to lose.
moments heartbeat skip
I measure the moment in the heartbeats I skip
ifs
You are happy even if you are afraid to admit it.
girl real boys
You see, Dash -- I was never the girl in your head. And you were never the boy in my head. I think we both knew that. It's only when we try to make the girl or boy in our head real that the true trouble comes. I did that with Carlos, and it was a bad failure. Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.
satisfaction unfair break
When someone breaks up with you, their beauty-- which you took such satisfaction in-- suddenly becomes unfair.
song mean creating
Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.
beautiful voice tunes
And I'm moved, it's so beautiful. Not what I wrote, but to have it given back like this. To have her remember the words and the tune. To hear it in her voice.