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no matter how happy we are, no matter how much we want our night to stretch out infinitely, sleep is inevitable.

no matter how happy we are, no matter how much we want our night to stretch out infinitely, sleep is inevitable.

David Levithan
Sleep, Night, Want
David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.14, Egmont UK

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.

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

You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to get to beauty, and even then, when you get there, you still have to wake her up. — Tiny Cooper

David Levithan
Sleep, Order, Thorns
John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.150, Penguin

...and suddenly you started singing out your love for me. My name and everything, loud enough to reach the top floors of all the buildings. I should have told you to stop, but I didn’t want you to stop. I didn’t mind if your love for me woke people up. I didn’t mind if it somehow sneaked into their sleep.

David Levithan
Sleep, Should Have, Names
David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.183, Macmillan

When is a night over? Is it the start of sunrise or the end of it? Is it when you finally go to sleep or simply realize that you have to? When the club closes or when you everyone leaves? "It's over when you decide it's over," she says. "When you call it a night. The rest is just a matter of where the sun is in the sky.

David Levithan
Sleep, Night, Sky
Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.102, Egmont UK

The way you're singing in your sleep The way you look before you leap The strange illusions that you keep You don't know But I'm noticing The way your touch turns into arcs The way you slide into the dark The beating of my open heart You don't know But I'm noticing

David Levithan
Heart, Sleep, Dark
Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick & Norah - Soundtrack einer Nacht”, p.102, cbj Verlag

dissonance, n. Nights when I need to sleep and you can't. Days when I want to talk to you and you won't. Hours when every noise you make interferes with my silence. Weeks when there is a buzzing in the air, and we both pretend we don't here it.

David Levithan
Sleep, Night, Air
David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.73, Macmillan

When I say, "Be my lover", I don't mean, "Let's have an affair." I don't mean "Sleep with me." I don't mean, "Be my secret." I want us to go back down to that root. I want you to be the one who loves me. I want to be the one who loves you.

David Levithan
Love You, Mean, Sleep
David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.131, Macmillan

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