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It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win . . . and yet you

It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win . . . and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Even if you try to ignore it, the energy it takes to ignore it will exhaust you.

David Levithan
Lonely, Fighting, Winning
David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.154, Egmont UK

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.

David Levithan
Hurt, Moving, Fighting
David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.10, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Is that all we need? Can the way we say each other's names encompass all our history, all our love, all our fear, all our fights, all our reunions, all of what we know about each other, all of what we don't know?

David Levithan
Fighting, Names, Needs
Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.215, Knopf Books for Young Readers

The boy I just kissed is talking to my father. The boy I want to kiss again is waiting for my mother to serve pancakes. I must fight the urge to freak.

David Levithan
Mother, Father, Fighting
David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.63, Knopf Books for Young Readers

As sisters, they probably have closer to 99 percent in common, but they’re not about to recognize that. They’d rather fight over what kind of pet they’re going to get … It’s an argument for its own sake.

David Levithan
Fighting, Pet, Sake
David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.52, Egmont UK

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