I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else.
David LevithanGone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our lives have to be our lives.
David LevithanI have no more idea now of who I am than I did before. But at least I know that. And I'm starting to figure out who I want to be.
David Levithanthis is what i never allowed myself to need. and of course what i've been needing all along.
David LevithanThat's the problem with having a moral code. We want to destroy the jerkish part of the jerks, but we want to save the human being underneath.
David LevithanWe could call you an ambisexual. A duosexual. Aโโ โDo I really have to find a word for it?โ Kyle interrupts. โCanโt it just be what it is?โ โOf course,โ I say, even though in the bigger world Iโm not so sure. The world loves stupid labels. I wish we got to choose our own. We pause for a moment. I wonder if thatโs allโif he just needed to say the truth and have it heard. But then Kyle looks at me with unsure eyes and says, โYou see, I donโt know who Iโm supposed to be.โ โNobody does,โ I assure him.
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