You think you know your possibilities. Then other people come into your life and suddenly there are so many more.
David LevithanWhen it all come down to it, the thing that matters most in a relationship is principles [...] We have the same idea whatโs right and whatโs wrong, and thatโs got us through any number of things. If you can have that with someone, then youโre most of the way toward love. Not just lover-love. Any kind of love.
David LevithanThe unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. Every time I see these feelings in someone else's face, it weighs me down.
David LevithanBecause when something happens, she's the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.
David LevithanA photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.
David LevithanIn Sliding Doors, the whole idea is that every choice you make, and every single thing that happens to you changes the trajectory of your life, and once you are put on that trajectory, there is no way back. But Groundhog Day - which, I tell him, also happens to be a much better movie - says the opposite. It says if you mess up or make the wrong choice, you just have to keep at it until you do it right.
David Levithan