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me: just don't ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he's carrying around an axe. mom:... me: i'm kidding about the axe part.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Forty
Mom
Okay
Asks
Three
Boyfriends
Around
Kidding
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Exes
Carrying

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So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.
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In my experience, desire is desire, love is love.
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Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.
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I couldn't remember ordinary moments, only the ones that had made an impression. Ordinary moments were the ones that fell away first.
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I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.
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We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.
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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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There is something so intimate about saying the truth out loud. There is something so intimate about hearing the truth said. There is something so intimate about sharing the truth, even if you are not entirely sure what it means.
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Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.
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It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.
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That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts.
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For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be loved.
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