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And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.
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I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.
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How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.
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Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.
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And just like that, the universe goes wrong. Just like that, all the enormity seems to shrink into a ball and float away from my reach. I feel it, and she doesn't. Or I feel it, and she won't.
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To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away.
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You wanna-I dunno-get coffee or something sometime?" Justin smiled "Not coffee. But yes." "Not Coffee it is, then." "Yes, Not Coffee.
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I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you
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I've worn black today, because I've heard so often that it's supposed to be slimming. But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.
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Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.
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I try to convince myself that it's the alcohol talking. But alcohol can't talk. It just sits there. It can't even get itself out of the bottle.
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She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn't realize there isn't anything left to hope for.
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I find I very rarely live up to my words. And since you know me primarily through my words, there are oh so many ways I can disappoint.
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Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.
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There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.
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I immediately suspected there was much more to it than was being said.
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All this hoping for something- or someone- that's maybe hopeless. I'm having a hard time processing what I am supposed to believe, or if I'm even supposed to. There is too much information, and I don't like a lot of it.
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To love—to fall—is not a question. To touch—to kiss—to speak—those are questions.
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I've found that people tend to trust other people who dress like them.
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Gravity, n. I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it.
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I know from experience that beneath every peripheral girl is a central truth. She's hiding hers away, but at the same time she wants me to see it.
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You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.
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I couldn't fault her for believing, because I had to imagine i was nice to have that illusion still intact.
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I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too.
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I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
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Born:
September 7, 1972
(age 51)
Bio:
David Levithan is an American young adult fiction author and editor. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2003.
Known for:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010)
Every Day (2012)
Boy Meets Boy (2003)
Two Boys Kissing (2013)
The Lover's Dictionary (2010)
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