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David Levithan Quotes about Memories

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A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

David Levithan
Memories, Moments, Photograph

I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers. Our brain does that sometimes. Or at least mine does.

David Levithan
Memories, Thinking, Brain
David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.102, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

If this continues, if this goes on, then when I die, your memories of me will be my greatest accomplishment. You memories will be my most lasting impressions.

David Levithan
Memories, Accomplishment, Lasting Impressions
David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.152, Macmillan

It scares me how hard it is to remember life before you. I can't even make the comparisons anymore, because my memories of that time have all the depth of a photograph. It seems foolish to play games of better and worse. It's simply a matter of is and is no longer.

David Levithan
Memories, Games, Play

Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant.

David Levithan
Memories, Sometimes, Tricks
David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.37, Egmont UK

Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right.

David Levithan
Memories, Optimistic, Light
David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.11, Knopf Books for Young Readers

There's no way to release yourself from a memory. It ends when it wants to end, whether it's in a flash or long after you've begged it to stop.

David Levithan
Memories, Long, Want
David Levithan (2011). “Every You, Every Me”, p.27, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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