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David Levithan Quotes about Feelings

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Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

Flirting, Love Is, Feelings

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.118, Egmont UK

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.

Feelings, Wonder, Moments

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.29, Macmillan

In small letters, someone has written NEVER FORGET on one of the slats. I know it's supposed to be a pledge, but it feels like a curse. Don't we have to forget some of it? Don't we have to forget this feeling? If we don't, how will we live?

Feelings, Letters, Never Forget

David Levithan (2009). “Love Is the Higher Law”, p.74, Knopf Books for Young Readers

There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.

Sadness, Feelings, Way

David Levithan (2009). “Love Is the Higher Law”, p.162, Knopf Books for Young Readers

The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. Every time I see these feelings in someone else's face, it weighs me down.

Feelings, Doubt, Faces

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.11, Egmont UK

Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

Feelings, Moments, That Moment

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.5, Macmillan

there was a time before you but I can't remember it now a time before your beauty and I were formally introduced I'm sure I lived without you but I don't remember how can't imagine living without these feelings you've produced just one glance and my life was redrawn just one word and my vocabulary changed I asked the time and you said 'what's the hurry?' you asked my name and I almost forgot

Vocabulary, Names, Feelings

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Such a strange thing, to hold a six-year-old's hand. Especially a six-year-old you've only just met. A toddler will grab hold of your finger, and someone your own age will clasp on to your whole hand, but with six-year-olds it's something in between, this acknowledgment that they can't be the one to take hold, so you have to do all the holding, folding your hand around theirs, feeling so much bigger and responsible.

Hands, Years, Feelings

Feeling someone else's anger is bad; being left alone is worse.

Anger, Feelings, Left Alone

David Levithan (2012). “Six Earlier Days”, p.13, Knopf Books for Young Readers

And as we drift into sleep, I feel something I’ve never felt before. A closeness that isn’t merely physical. A connection that defies the fact that we’ve only just met. A sensation that can only come from the most euphoric of feelings: belonging.

Sleep, Feelings, Connections

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.19, Egmont UK

But I had a feeling I wasn't supposed to find her that way. She was not a needle. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding each other.

People, Feelings, Way

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.113, Knopf Books for Young Readers

But we comforted ourselves with what we really meant to say, which was: "I don't normally feel this good about what I'm doing." Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

Feelings, Moments, That Moment

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.5, Macmillan

There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lovers’ face.

Distance, Feelings, Doe

It was the most amazing feeling in the world. to know that something right happened, and to know that it had happened not through luck or command but simply because it was right.

Feelings, Luck, World

And I find myself saying, “It wasn’t really about her.” And finding it’s true. What do you mean?” Norah asks. It was about the feeling, you know? She caused it in me, but it wasn’t about her. It was about my reaction, what I wanted to feel and then convinced myself that I felt, because I wanted it that bad. That illusion. It was love because I created it as love.

Mean, Feelings, Illusion

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.83, Egmont UK

I cannot think of a single word to describe what we feel. I think we all feel it, to varying degrees. Perhaps in some other language there is a word for 'the world is terribly wrong.' That feeling of stun and unbelief and abandonment and shock and horror and distress.

Thinking, Feelings, Degrees

David Levithan (2009). “Love Is the Higher Law”, p.38, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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