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
being-thankful steps behinds
You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too.
jesus war race
For the Jesus Revolutionaries, the answer was clear: Jesus would not be out waging "preventative" wars. Jesus would not be withholding medicine from people who could not afford it. Jesus would not cast stones at people of races, sexual orientatons, or genders other than His own. Jesus would not condone the failing, viperous, scandalplagued hierarchy of some churches. Jesus would welcome everyone to his his table. He would love them, and he would find peace.
book waiting lines
Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.
life should-have gone
We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.
choices bearable
There is no such thing as no choice. There is always a choice. The only question is whether it's a bearable one.
thinking differences people
This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I might have one day.
thinking want damage
I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are.
first-love people firsts
She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both.
falling-in-love mean how-you-feel
Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.
knowing-who-you-are trying want
I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.
believe easy dont-believe
I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.
thinking moments
There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.
believe fall mean
I used to think that when I got older, the world would make so much more sense. But you know what? The older I get, the more confusing it is to me. The more complicated it is. Harder. You’d think we’d be getting better at it. But there’s just more and more chaos. The pieces—they’re everywhere. And nobody knows what to do about it. I find myself grasping, Nick. You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because it’s right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe in that.
ocean people stories
It is its own form of conversation -- you can learn a lot about people from the stories they tell, but you can also know them from the way they sing along, whether they like the windows up or down, if they live by the map or by the world, if they feel the pull of the ocean.