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Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Remember
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Love
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Thousand
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Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.
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There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.
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Yes, time can be buoyed by wordlessness, but it needs to be anchored in words.
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But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.
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The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.
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It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.
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