We found out a long time ago that we werenโt meant to fall in love with each other. But a part of me still fell in hope with him.
David LevithanThis is what my voice sounds like I don't need to be talking to someone else To hear it
David LevithanThat's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?
David LevithanI wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.
David LevithanMost people, I've noticed, are instinctively harsh to strangers. They expect every approach to be an attack, every question to be an interruption.
David LevithanWe wish we could have been there for you. We didn't have many role models of our own--we latched on to the foolish love of Oscar Wilde and the well-versed longing of Walt Whitman because nobody else was there to show us an untortured path. We were going to be your role models. We were going to give you art and music and confidence and shelter and a much better world. Those who survived lived to do this. But we haven't been there for you. We've been here. Watching as you become the role models.
David Levithan