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title: "8 Falling Quotes By David Levithan"
description: "8 Falling quotes by David Levithan. Plus more from David Levithan and more Falling sayings from other authors."
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> [maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/maybe-tonight-you-re-scared-of-falling-and-maybe-there-s-somebody/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [“look, tiny - i’m trying to be on my best behavior, but you have to understand - i’m always standing on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/look-tiny-i-m-trying-to-be-on-my-best-behavior-but-you-have-to/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [“You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself togheter. And then everything falls apart anyway.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-spend-so-much-time-so-much-effort-trying-to-hold-yourself/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [People fall hard for the notion of falling, and saying you want no part of it will only get you sent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-fall-hard-for-the-notion-of-falling-and-saying-you-want-no/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [“In my kind of falling, there’s no landing. There’s only hitting the ground. Hard. Dead, or wanting to be dead. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/in-my-kind-of-falling-there-s-no-landing-there-s-only-hitting-the/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-spend-so-much-time-so-much-effort-trying-to-hold-yourself-2/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-things-break-it-s-not-the-actual-breaking-that-prevents-them/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [“It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else falling with you...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/it-s-one-thing-to-fall-in-love-it-s-another-to-feel-someone-else-3/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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## Other authors on Falling

## More by David Levithan

> [“When you jump, all you're going to do is fall. But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-jump-all-you-re-going-to-do-is-fall-but-leaping-leaping-is/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“The past and the future are what's complicated. It's the present that's simple. And the simplicity is the sensation of it being just her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-past-and-the-future-are-what-s-complicated-it-s-the-present-that/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair I hate the way you drive my car I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-hate-the-way-you-talk-to-me-and-the-way-you-cut-your-hair-i-hate/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-could-be-the-leaf-that-never-falls-from-the-tree-you-could-be-the/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“Patrick: Is she worth the trouble? Cameron: I thought she was- Patrick: Either she is, or she isn't. So give it a shot, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/patrick-is-she-worth-the-trouble-cameron-i-thought-she-was-patrick/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“We saw our friends die. But we also see our friends live. So many of them live, and we often toast their long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-saw-our-friends-die-but-we-also-see-our-friends-live-so-many-of/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [maybe tonight you're scared of falling, and maybe there's somebody here or somewhere else you're thinking about, worrying over, fretting over, trying to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/maybe-tonight-you-re-scared-of-falling-and-maybe-there-s-somebody/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“You never told me what you saw in him, not convincingly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-never-told-me-what-you-saw-in-him-not-convincingly/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“i nod to the other will grayson, up onstage. he nods to me. we have something between us, him and me. but the truth?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-nod-to-the-other-will-grayson-up-onstage-he-nods-to-me-we-have/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-terrorists-those-nineteen-people-with-hundreds-or-maybe-thousands/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [But I still has enough longing for that concept that I didn't want to dispel it completely. Meaning: I didn't want to tell Lily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/but-i-still-has-enough-longing-for-that-concept-that-i-didn-t-want-to/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“When you break someone's heart, you also break yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-you-break-someone-s-heart-you-also-break-yours/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“Because toward the end all the words started leaving. Except for the ones that had to lock up at the end of the night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/because-toward-the-end-all-the-words-started-leaving-except-for-the/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“ misgivings , n . Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us. "There are things I miss,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/misgivings-n-last-night-i-got-up-the-courage-to-ask-you-if-you/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

> [“Saving others is always more important than saving yourself. It has to be, or none of us would do any good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/saving-others-is-always-more-important-than-saving-yourself-it-has-to/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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