It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by page but couldn't be torn if the pages all held together.
David LevithanI used to think that when I got older, the world would make so much more sense. But you know what? The older I get, the more confusing it is to me. The more complicated it is. Harder. Youโd think weโd be getting better at it. But thereโs just more and more chaos. The piecesโtheyโre everywhere. And nobody knows what to do about it. I find myself grasping, Nick. You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because itโs right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe in that.
David LevithanHow sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.
David Levithandissonance, n. Nights when I need to sleep and you can't. Days when I want to talk to you and you won't. Hours when every noise you make interferes with my silence. Weeks when there is a buzzing in the air, and we both pretend we don't here it.
David Levithan