Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.

— David Levithan

Feelings don’t follow rules. Guilt does. Fear does. But attraction? No way.

— David Levithan

Flagrant, adj. I would be standing right there, and you would walk out of the bathroom without putting the cap back on the toothpaste.

— David Levithan

Happy to see me and unhappy to see me at the same time

— David Levithan

Having grown up here, I always wonder what it would be like to see this city as a tourist. Is it ever a disappointment? I have to believe that New York always lives up to its reputation. The buildings really are that tall. The lights really are that bright. There's truly a story on every corner. But it still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions. To not feel the bright lights even as they fill the air. To see the tall buildings and only feel a deep longing for the stars.

— David Levithan

He counts as an ex because he made me feel dumped even without making me feel loved first.

— David Levithan

He doesn’t want to step out of the present, this present. Because once he does, there will be college applications and college acceptances (just one will do) and the last of everything (last class, last party, last night, last day, last goodbye), and then the world will change forever, and he will go to college and eventually become an adult. That is not what he wants. He does not want those complications, that change. Not now.

— David Levithan

He is both the source of my happiness and the one I want to share it with.

— David Levithan

He kisses me back with a kiss like a smile.

— David Levithan

Hell, yes," Dev says, sitting up now. "Don't get me wrong - we're totally going to make the beast with two backs tonight. But if we do it right, it's going to feel like holding hands.

— David Levithan