With all due respect, if you’re forty-three, then I’m a fetus.

— David Levithan

Yearning n. and adj.At the core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.

— David Levithan

You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.

— David Levithan

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.

— David Levithan

You can't wander around and think the wandering will call them back.

— David Levithan

You don't know me. You know one me, just like I know one you. And you can't know every me, and I can't know every you.

— David Levithan

You don't realize - the great thing about change is how quickly we get used to it. So I'm not complaining. The more things change, the more they don't stay the same. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They might not change everywhere all at once - but there are moments when the impossible becomes the inevitable, and the rest is just a matter of time.

— David Levithan

You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.

— David Levithan

You know the reason The Beatles made it so big?...' I Want to Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24/7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche...or a million-dollar crib. No. They want to hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful song of the past fifty years can be traced back to 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.' And every single successful love story has those unbearable and unbearably exciting moments of hand-holding.

— David Levithan

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.

— David Levithan