That's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?
David LevithanAnd I find myself saying, โIt wasnโt really about her.โ And finding itโs true. What do you mean?โ Norah asks. It was about the feeling, you know? She caused it in me, but it wasnโt about her. It was about my reaction, what I wanted to feel and then convinced myself that I felt, because I wanted it that bad. That illusion. It was love because I created it as love.
David LevithanYou see, Dash -- I was never the girl in your head. And you were never the boy in my head. I think we both knew that. It's only when we try to make the girl or boy in our head real that the true trouble comes. I did that with Carlos, and it was a bad failure. Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.
David Levithan