You can give words, but you can't take them. And when words are given, that is when they are shared. We remember what that was like. Words so real they were almost tangible. There are conversations you remember, for certain. But more than that, there is the sensation of conversation. You will remember that, even when the precise words begin to blur.
David LevithanThe truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath.
David LevithanI try to be a careful person. Most of the time my carelessness is completely unintentional.
David LevithanOur moments are music, and sometimes โ just sometimes โ we can catch them and put them into some lasting form. If we didnโt have music, I donโt think we could ever be truly happy, and if we didnโt have special moments, we would never find music.
David LevithanWe could call you an ambisexual. A duosexual. Aโโ โDo I really have to find a word for it?โ Kyle interrupts. โCanโt it just be what it is?โ โOf course,โ I say, even though in the bigger world Iโm not so sure. The world loves stupid labels. I wish we got to choose our own. We pause for a moment. I wonder if thatโs allโif he just needed to say the truth and have it heard. But then Kyle looks at me with unsure eyes and says, โYou see, I donโt know who Iโm supposed to be.โ โNobody does,โ I assure him.
David Levithan