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
choices bearable
There is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.
thinking differences people
This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I might have one day.
thinking want damage
I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are.
first-love people firsts
She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both.
falling-in-love mean how-you-feel
Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.
knowing-who-you-are trying want
I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.
believe easy dont-believe
I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.
thinking moments
There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.
believe fall mean
I used to think that when I got older, the world would make so much more sense. But you know what? The older I get, the more confusing it is to me. The more complicated it is. Harder. You’d think we’d be getting better at it. But there’s just more and more chaos. The pieces—they’re everywhere. And nobody knows what to do about it. I find myself grasping, Nick. You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because it’s right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe in that.
ocean people stories
It is its own form of conversation -- you can learn a lot about people from the stories they tell, but you can also know them from the way they sing along, whether they like the windows up or down, if they live by the map or by the world, if they feel the pull of the ocean.
afterlife tiny welcome
tiny: did someone die? me: yeah, i did. he smiles again at that. tiny: well, then... welcome to the afterlife.
loss becoming fractals
Maybe relationships could have fractals, too. And maybe the sense of loss was when you're becoming a fractal of what you once were to each other.
aunt order needs
Why is it so much easier to talk to a stranger? why do we feel we need to disconnect in order to connect? If I wrote "Dear Sofia" or "Dear Boomer" or "Dear Lily's Great-Aunt" at the top of this postcard, wouldn't that change the words that followed? Of course it would. But the question is: When I wrote "Dear Lily," was that just a version of "Dear Myself"? I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too
suicide suicidal killing
I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.