Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.
David LevithanTeens wanted things that were real, that they connected with, it doesn't have to reflect reality directly. They love 'The Hunger Games' not because it's real in that it happens, but the emotions there are real, and it's very relatable.
David LevithanLove is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?
David LevithanAnd maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.
David LevithanIt is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win . . . and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Even if you try to ignore it, the energy it takes to ignore it will exhaust you.
David Levithan