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David Levithan Quotes about Kissing

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You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

Believe, Kissing, Laughing

David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.138, Egmont UK

I hope that George doesn't internalize her scare tactics. I want to argue with her, tell her that "sins of the flesh" is just a control mechanism -- if you demonize a person's pleasure, then you can control his or her life. I can't say how many times this tool has been wielded against me, in a variety of forms. But I see no sin in a kiss. I only see sin in the condemnation.

Kissing, Scare Tactics, Flesh

David Levithan (2012). “Every Day”, p.223, Knopf Books for Young Readers

That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a department store: anything. A piece of jewelry made by hand: something. A dollar: anything. A sand dollar: something. A gift certificate: anything. An IOU for two hours of starwatching: something. A drunk kiss at a party: anything. A sober kiss alone in a park: something.

Party, Kissing, Hands

I'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss.

Love, Running, Kissing

David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.79, Knopf Books for Young Readers

elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.

Kissing, Littles, Sides

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.78, Macmillan

I see no sin in a kiss. I only see sin in the condemnation

Kissing, Sin, Condemnation

David Levithan (2012). “Every Day”, p.223, Knopf Books for Young Readers

breathtaking, adj. Those moments when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.

Kissing, Breathtaking, Moments

I kiss her and she finds the light switch and turns it off, and we're just lit in Pepsi-can colors and it's like we've finally found this other kind of conversation, this conversation in gestures and pulls and pushes and breaths and grasps and teases and glimmers and rubs and expectation.

Kissing, Light, Color

fraught, adj. Does every “I love you” deserve an “I love you too”? Does every kiss deserve a kiss back? Does every night deserve to be spent on a lover? If the answer to any of these is “No,” what do we do?

Love You, Kissing, Night

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.95, Macmillan

To love--to fall--is not a question. To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions.

Fall, Kissing, Speak

David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.138, Egmont UK

...he hopes that maybe it'll make people a little less scared of two boys kissing than they were before, and a little more welcoming to the idea that all people are, in fact, born equal, no matter who they kiss or screw, no matter what dreams they have or love they give.

Dream, Kissing, Boys

David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.112, Egmont UK

I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.

Kissing, Long, Skins

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.96, Egmont UK

A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so many other place we could have ended up, but I have to believe none of them would have felt this right. "All I want is you" is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it.

Believe, Kissing, Thinking

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.208, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Dash is for sure straight!" Boomer announced. "He has a super-pretty ex-girlfriend named Sofia, who I think he still has a thing for, and also, in seventh grade, there was a game of spin the bottle and it was my turn and I spun and it landed at Dash, but he wouldn't let me kiss him.

Girlfriend, Kissing, Thinking

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.187, Knopf Books for Young Readers

I've lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins. (this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.) there are times I want to kiss you midsentence. undo the not-doing with one gesture.

Fall, Kissing, Track

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.55, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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