But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it's death. Anything. Something. Nothing.
David Levithanwhy won't they leave me alone? don't they realize I have a tinder heart and a paper body and that any spark will turn me straight to ash?
David LevithanI'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss.
David LevithanThere is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.
David LevithanIt doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit. It just has to be.
David Levithan