I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.
David LevithanI was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.
David Levithanplacid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.
David LevithanThat air. The air afterwards. I wanted to breathe it in. It felt right to breathe it in. Because we were breathing them in, weren't we? And the building. We were breathing it all in. And I thought, there's a part of this that's actually a part of me now. I now have that responsibility. I am alive, and I am breathing, and I can do the things this dust can't do.
David LevithanI have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are azure indigo cerulean cobalt periwinkle and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky. He brings the sun.
David Levithan