Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn’t entirely grounded in your own mind.
— David Levithan, Every Day
I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go away. They spare themselves the confrontation, but end up boiling in resentment anyway.
— David Levithan, Every Day
This is the trap of having something to live for: Everything else seems lifeless.
— David Levithan, Every Day
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, Every Day
I am learning that a life isn’t real unless someone else knows its reality.
— David Levithan, Every Day
I’ve found that people tend to trust other people who dress like them.
— David Levithan, Every Day
You shouldn’t have to venture deep down in order to get to love.
— David Levithan, Every Day
There are many things that can keep you in a relationship. Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that’s okay, because you don’t know if you can get any better. Or maybe there’s the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won’t change.
— David Levithan, Every Day
Being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them…but it can also mean you’re trapped.
— David Levithan, Every Day
It’s as if when you love someone, they become your reason.
— David Levithan, Every Day
I don’t want to love her. I don’t want to be in love. People take love’s continuity for granted, just as they take their body’s continuity for granted. They don’t realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it’s an added foundation to your life. But if you cannot have that regular presence, you only have the one foundation to support you, always.
— David Levithan, Every Day
Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.
— David Levithan, Every Day
Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it’s distant.
— David Levithan, Every Day
It’s almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence.
— David Levithan, Every Day
People are rarely attractive in reality as they are in the eyes of the people who are in love with them.
— David Levithan, Every Day
