There's no way to release yourself from a memory. It ends when it wants to end, whether it's in a flash or long after you've begged it to stop.
David Levithanwillyoupleasebequiet: are you ready? bluejeanbaby: for what? willyoupleasebequiet: the future willyoupleasebequiet: because i think it just started
David LevithanYou spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.
David LevithanTwo infinities: the one that stretches to the beginning but never touches-when you halve and halve and halve, infinitely-and then the one that spreads out into the endless, endless future, the endless, endless, distance.The set of infinities that is itself infinite.
David LevithanThere are times I think of us all and I wish we were back in second grade. Not really that young. But I wish it felt like second grade. Iโm not saying everyone was friends back then. But we all got along. There were groups, but they didnโt really divide. At the end of the day, your class was your class, and you felt like you were a part of it. You had your friends and you had the other kids, but you didnโt really hate anyone longer than a couple of hours. Everybody got a birthday card. In second grade, we were all in it together. Now weโre all apart.
David Levithan