Maybe language is kind, giving us these double meanings. Maybe it's trying to teach us a lesson, that we can always be two things at once.
David LevithanYou know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.
David LevithanPutting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.
David Levithanexemplar, n. It's always something we have to negotiate- the face that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I have something to live up to, and if I fail, I still have a family to welcome me home. You have a storyline to rewrite, and a lack of faith that it can ever be done. You love my parents, I know. But you never get too close. You never truly believe there aren't bad secrets underneath.
David Levithan