There is no way to describe how I feel. This is something I've never known. She has told me something I've never known.
David LevithanBrown, I say, deep brown. Like coffee without any milk.
David LevithanNo matter how many words there are, there will never be enough
David LevithanA pop song that's as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us up the same way when we sing it.
David LevithanThis is the nice note, I can't help thinking. But just like a sound, as soon as the note hits the air, it begins to fade.
David LevithanI’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with homosexuality, so it’s difficult to have your book on the shelves.” Here’s the thing: Being gay is not an issue, it is an identity. It is not something that you can agree or disagree with. It is a fact, and must be defended and represented as a fact.
To use another part of my identity as an example: if someone said to me, “I’m sorry, but we can’t carry that book because it’s so Jewish and some people in my school don’t agree with Jewish culture,” I would protest until I reached my last gasp. Prohibiting gay books is just as abhorrent…
Discrimination is not a legitimate point of view. Silencing books silences the readers who need them most. And silencing these readers can have dire, tragic consequences. Never forget who these readers are. They are just as curious and anxious about life as any other teenager.
Stichwörter: lgbt
...I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it on you.
David LevithanWe are surrounded by so many books, so many words, so many thoughts... and not a single one can help us. I think, What's the point of all magic, if no one really knows how to use it? But I guess the same could be said about life.
David LevithanStichwörter: life
I wish I could remember the moment when I was a kid and I discovered that the letters linked into words, and that the words linked to real things. What a revelation that must have been. We don't have the words for it, since we hadn't yet learned the words. It must have been astonishing, to be given the key to the kingdom and see it turn in our hands so easily.
David LevithanStichwörter: words book-lovers
Green tea?"
"You can't be serious."
The old woman nodded her approval. "I wasn't."
"Because you know when a cow chews grass? And he or she chews and chews and chews? Well, green tea tastes like French-kissing that cow after it's done chewing all that grass.
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