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This is as much a part of my story as anything else. Friendship is love as much as any romance.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
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We always loved to say 'If I'd had a Monday-morning class, I never would have met you'. Or 'If you'd been reading something else, none of this would have happened'. We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.
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I asked you what you wanted and you said you didn't want anything. And I told you I wasn't planning on giving you anything I was planning on giving you something.
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We switch to another language-- not our invented language or the language we've learned from our lives. As we walk further up the mountain, we speak the language of silence. This language gives us time to think and move. We can be here and elsewhere at the same time.
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Jesus died for our sins, Noah says solemnly. What?!? I reply, choking back my thoughts. I was just seeing if you were listening.
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I have always been aware of how I break. I know what kind of situations will break me. I know what kind of people will do it. I know how much it will hurt.
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I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.
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Love is the higher law.
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I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.
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you’d think that silence would be peaceful. but really, it’s painful.
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Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse.
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That lasting things do, in fact, last.
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I don’t like it when you use my shampoo, because then your hair smells like me, not you.
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You never let things go unanswered for too long. Emails. Phone calls. Questions. As if you know the waiting is the hardest part for me.
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Things rarely get fixed the way they need to be.
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...but the truth is that I don't feel like I can carry anyone but myself right now. The streets are empty. I am empty. Or, no--I am full of pain. It's my life that's empty.
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The way you argued with me, you would have thought that we were debating the existence of God or whether or not we should move in together. These kinds of fights can never be won – even if you’re the victor, you’ve hurt the other person, and there has to be some loss associated with that.
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It's you. You deserve this. There is a reason this is happening to you.
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being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you’re trapped.
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Honestly, I'm just trying to live day to day
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You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.
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