12 Stunning Quotes From David Levithan That Every Hopeless Romantic Should Read

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12 Stunning Quotes From David Levithan That Every Hopeless Romantic Should Read

Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell.

Bianca SparacinoOctober 1, 2016

Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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How to be alone: Remember that at any given moment here are a thousand things you can love

— David Levithan, The Realm Of Possibility

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If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own.
It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.

— David Levithan, The Realm Of Possibility

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I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is.

— David Levithan, The Realm Of Possibility

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You think you know your possibilities.
Then other people come into your life
and suddenly there are so many more.

— David Levithan, The Realm Of Possibility

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When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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This is the trap of having something to live for:
Everything else seems lifeless.

— David Levithan, Every Day

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