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
self-esteem cutting clothes
Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour.
jesus listening sin
Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening.
wonder imagine gravity
gravity, n. I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it.
people trying different
You never get involved in the people's lives? The ones you're inhabiting?" I shake my head. "You try to leave the lives the way you found them." "Yeah." "But what about Justin? What made that so different?" "You," I say.
love-each-other
Let’s always love each other, and never be in love with each other.
needs helping cry
But the thing about a cry for help is that someone else needs to be around to hear it.
pursuit-of-happiness thinking unhappy
That word again. Happy. It’s a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It’s a trap.Before anything else happened, there was me in bed, thinking of who you used to be. I don’t want you to think I forgot.
heart mind strange
That strange, twisted, torn love. That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.
mean trust-me reason
If I'm not telling you something, it's for a reason. Just because you trust me, it doesn't mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn't work like that.
thinking attachment perception
It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.
real being-real ends
Because what's the point of something virtual if it doesn't end up being real?
missing next happens
I felt like I was missing something. Missing you more. Missing whatever was going to happen next.
memories sometimes tricks
Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant.
character emotional long
Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.