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title: "21 Love Does Quotes By David Levithan"
description: "21 Love Does quotes by David Levithan. Plus more from David Levithan and more Love Does sayings from other authors."
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> [“LOVE is one kind of abstraction ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/love-is-one-kind-of-abstraction/)

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

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> [Love is the higher law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/love-is-the-higher-law/)

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

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> [“People take love's continuity for granted...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-take-love-s-continuity-for-granted/)

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

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> [To love--to fall--is not a question. To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/to-love-to-fall-is-not-a-question-to-touch-to-kiss-to-speak-those-are/)

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

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> [“I wanted love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-wanted-love-to-conquer-all-but-love-can-t-conquer-anything/)

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

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> [There is no word for the recipient of the love. There is only a word for the giver. There is the assumption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/there-is-no-word-for-the-recipient-of-the-love-there-is-only-a-word/)

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

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> [“People take love’s continuity for granted, just as they take their body’s continuity for granted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-take-love-s-continuity-for-granted-just-as-they-take-their/)

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

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> [I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-want-love-to-conquer-all-but-love-can-t-conquer-anything-it-can-t/)

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

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> [That strange, twisted, torn love. That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/that-strange-twisted-torn-love-that-conflict-between-what-your-heart/)

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

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> [Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/falling-in-love-with-someone-doesn-t-mean-you-know-any-better-how/)

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

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> [There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/there-has-to-be-a-moment-at-the-beginning-when-you-wonder-whether-you/)

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

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> [“People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-take-love-s-continuity-for-granted-just-as-they-take-their-2/)

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

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> [“ ineffable , adj . these words will ultimately end up being the barest of reflections, devoid of the sensations words cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/ineffable-adj-these-words-will-ultimately-end-up-being-the-barest-of/)

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

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> [“After a year, Peter and Neil feel they are beyond the discovery phase. But we're sure that they will continually discover this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/after-a-year-peter-and-neil-feel-they-are-beyond-the-discovery-phase/)

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

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> [“People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-take-love-s-continuity-for-granted-just-as-they-take-their-3/)

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

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> [People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/people-take-love-s-continuity-for-granted-just-as-they-take-their-4/)

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

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> [“I mean, what if love isn't a yes-or-no question? It's not either you're in love or you're not. I mean, aren't these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-mean-what-if-love-isn-t-a-yes-or-no-question-it-s-not-either-you-re/)

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

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> [Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/belonging-togetherness-these-words-are-as-complicated-and-confusing/)

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

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> [I had forgotten this about love: how the simple things- the turn away, the turn towards- could be so complicated, and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-had-forgotten-this-about-love-how-the-simple-things-the-turn-away/)

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

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> [“This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/this-is-what-love-does-it-makes-you-want-to-rewrite-the-world-it/)

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

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> [“I don't want to love her. I don't want to be in love. People take love's continuity for granted, just as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-don-t-want-to-love-her-i-don-t-want-to-be-in-love-people-take-love/)

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

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## Other authors on Love Does

## 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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