--- title: "8 Okay Quotes By David Levithan" description: "8 Okay quotes by David Levithan. Plus more from David Levithan and more Okay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/david-levithan-67_happily_if-there-s-one-thing-i-ve-learned-it-s-t_116084.jpg" --- > [If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/if-there-s-one-thing-i-ve-learned-it-s-this-we-all-want-everything-to/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/david-levithan-67_happily_if-there-s-one-thing-i-ve-learned-it-s-t_116084.jpg) > [“We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-all-want-everything-to-be-okay-we-don-t-even-wish-so-much-for/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/david-levithan-67_choice_we-all-want-everything-to-be-okay-we-don_634322.jpg) > [I don’t want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I’m learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-don-t-want-you-to-think-i-got-through-this-undamaged-okay-but-i-m/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/david-levithan-67_damage_i-don-t-want-you-to-think-i-got-through_733926.jpg) > [I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-want-my-own-books-to-have-their-own-shelves-you-said-and-that-s-how/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/david-levithan-67_book_i-want-my-own-books-to-have-their-own-sh_1417801.jpg) > [“It’s okay,” I tell her. “It is okay to be happy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/it-s-okay-i-tell-her-it-is-okay-to-be-happy/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/david-levithan-67_david-levithan_it-s-okay-i-tell-her-it-is-okay-to-be-ha_2756241.jpg) > [“We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time okay is enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/we-will-happily-settle-for-okay-because-most-of-the-time-okay-is/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/david-levithan-67_okay_we-will-happily-settle-for-okay-because_3049078.jpg) > [me: just don't ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he's carrying around an axe. mom:... me: i'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/me-just-don-t-ask-about-his-forty-three-ex-boyfriends-okay-or-ask-him/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/david-levithan-67_ex-boyfriend_me-just-don-t-ask-about-his-forty-three_3170010.jpg) > [Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/deep-breaths-i-am-taking-deep-breaths-composure-which-for-me-means/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/david-levithan-67_composing_deep-breaths-i-am-taking-deep-breaths-co_3236632.jpg) ## Other authors on Okay ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/okay/david-levithan/#itemlist", "name": "8 Okay Quotes By David Levithan", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. 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