Do not just seek happiness for yourself. Seek happiness for all. Through kindness. Through mercy.
David LevithanJust because a person is beautiful doesn't mean there's no soul beneath. Doesn't mean that person hasn't suffered like everyone else, doesn't mean they don't hope to still be a good human being in an awful world.
David LevithanMy face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.
David LevithanThere was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible.
David Levithan