David Levithan Quotes about Life

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The secret to living long is to have something to live for.

The secret to living long is to have something to live for.

David Levithan

Life, Long, Secret

David Levithan (2009). “Love Is the Higher Law”, p.143, Knopf Books for Young Readers

We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.

David Levithan

Life, Should Have, Gone

David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.108, Egmont UK

If you stare at the center of the universe, there is coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other.

David Levithan

Life, Care, Staring

People say that time slips through our fingers like sand. What they don't acknowledge is that some of the sand sticks to the skin. These are memories that will remain, memories of the time when there was still time left.

David Levithan

Life, Memories, People

Andrea Cremer, David Levithan (2013). “Invisibility”, p.170, Penguin