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
forever desire want
It is not desire. Instead it is something deeper. I don't want to be with him constantly and forever. I want to be with him for the moment, and I want the moments to go on forever.
perfect desire belief
yearning n. and adj. At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.
love-is desire-love gender
In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. I have never fallen in love with a gender. I have fallen for individuals.
love-is desire-love desire
In my experience, desire is desire, love is love.
desire thrill pure
Are you going to be playing for the pure thrill of unreluctant desire?
air desire weight
Sometimes desire is air, sometimes desire is liquid. And every now and then, when everything else is air and liquid, desire solidifies, and the body is the magnet that draws its weight.
order needs feels
Why do we feel the need to disconnect in order to connect?
decision get-better belief
There are many things that can keep you in a relationship," I say. "Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change.
eye loss upset
He doesn’t just look upset—he looks newly blind. There is such loss in his eyes, and it permeates every other part of his body.
when-you-love-someone reason love-someone
It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.
love-is people body
People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it's an added foundation to your life.
fall kissing track
I've lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins. (this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.) there are times I want to kiss you midsentence. undo the not-doing with one gesture.
names shapes ask-me
you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you. you don't recognize the shape, offer other names. you say my time will come, and I hope.
teenager forever lasts
These teenager looks aren't going to last forever, and that there are much better foundation to build a life upon than how attractive you are.