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
ignorance knowing bliss
Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.
eye squares faces
My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.
lying knows
You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.
faces valuable i-can
I can take everything on her face at face value, and that's valuable in a friend.
way let-me
Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.
giving want too-late
I never know what you really want, if I can give it to you, or if I’m already too late.
keys imbalance
The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.
choices found wanted
Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices.
mines
These words are now mine, but soon they’ll be ours.
fall night breathing
You leave the phone on beside you as you fall asleep. I sit in my bed and listen to your breathing, until I know you are safe, until I know you no longer need me for the night.
home waiting
I would always wait to take you home.
eye thinking air
And I told you: I think of a photograph you took of me, up in Montreal. You told me to jump in the air, so in the picture, my feet are off the ground. Later, I asked you why you wanted me to do that, and you told me it was the only way to get me to forget about the expression on my face. You were right. I am completely unposed, completely genuine. In my mind’s eye, I picture myself like that, reacting to you.
said wanted
So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.
needs way fixed
Things rarely get fixed the way they need to be.