David Levithan
David Levithan
David Levithanis an American young-adult fiction author and editor. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2003. He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth7 September 1972
CityShorts Hill, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
tests love-someone
Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.
eye night forever
Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.
focus world different
For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.
flirting matter i-can
I can flirt with the best of them, but only when it doesn't matter.
deals ifs
And If only I could, I'd make a deal with God...
thinking way rooms
having someone think of me that way was like discovering a new window in the room i'd lived in all my life.
ocean wind firsts
The ocean makes its music; the wind does its dance. We hold on. At first we hold on to one another, but then it starts to feel like we are holding on to something even bigger than that. Greater.
thinking clouds stronger
He is much stronger than I think I am. He is mischievous, outgoing, ready to soar through the clouds, while I often feel like the cloud itself.
doe want
I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.
flirty phones soul
i have never had anybody talk to me like this. this is not a flirty sixth-grade phone call or bantering with friends or words passed in a note. i feel that if my soul could talk it would talk like this.
darkness black today
I've worn black today, because I've heard so often that it's supposed to be slimming. But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.
comforting definitions want
If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it.
taken grateful writing
I am starting to get tired of relying on words. They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Writing to her is not the same as seeing her face as she listens. hearing back from her is not the same as hearing her voice. I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there's a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. I want to be there, and this scares me. All my usual disconnected comforts are bieng taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence.
trying honestly day-to-day
Honestly, I'm just trying to live day to day