...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.
David LevithanEveryone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough.
David LevithanSuch a strange thing, to hold a six-year-old's hand. Especially a six-year-old you've only just met. A toddler will grab hold of your finger, and someone your own age will clasp on to your whole hand, but with six-year-olds it's something in between, this acknowledgment that they can't be the one to take hold, so you have to do all the holding, folding your hand around theirs, feeling so much bigger and responsible.
David LevithanBut you have to figure that if it’s too hard to hang on, then maybe you should let go.
David Levithan"I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex," or "Let's go to my place," or even "I really want you," I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you.
David Levithan