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We love and we feel and we try and we hope.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Hope
Feel
Feels
Trying
Love

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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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I don't get this at all. It's like protesting the fact that some people are red-haired.
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Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.
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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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She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is.
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It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.
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To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away.
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You are happy even if you are afraid to admit it.
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Tell me a way you think this can work. We'll find a way, I tell her. That's not an answer. It's a hope. Hope's gotten us this far. Not answers.
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I think that if you were somehow able to measure the weight of human kindness, it would have weighed more on 9/11 than it ever had. On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring. I have to believe that.
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I don’t want to throw everything away for something uncertain.
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It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show you tried unless you end up succeeding.
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My lines all curve. I tend to connect the wrong dots.
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I am not dangerous. Only the stories are dangerous. Only the fictions we create, especially when they become expectations.
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Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.
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it's gonna hurt because it matters.
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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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love is tied to truth. I think of them as unhappily conjoined twins.
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Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded.
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And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. The cause and effect is backward. The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after.
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