Parenting Quotes by David Levithan

The boy I just kissed is talking to my father. The boy I want to kiss again is waiting for my mother…

— David Levithan

Pride is allowed to have an element of worry, especially when you are a mother.

— David Levithan

“How could this happen? some of our parents asked us near the end. We knew what they were really asking, and some…

— David Levithan

My mother said I should have a 'change of scenery.' The word scenery made be think of a play. And as we…

— David Levithan

“ bolster , v . I am very careful whenever I know you’re on the phone with your father. I know you’ll…

— David Levithan

“It’s always something we have to negotiate — the fact that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I have…

— David Levithan

“We watch them grow, with sadness and amazement and fear. We have stepped away, but not entirely away. They know this. They…

— David Levithan

“i feel bad for her - i do. a damn shame, really, that i had to have a mother. it can’t be…

— David Levithan

I learn about the highs and lows of living with the same mother for your entire life, about how no one can…

— David Levithan

It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is…

— David Levithan

“He plants himself right there in front of Craig’s mother and says, “You need to love him. I don’t care who you…

— David Levithan

“Max is a marvel to us. He will never have to come out because he will never have been kept in. Even…

— David Levithan

“Some of our parents were always on our side. Some of our parents chose to banish us rather than see us for…

— David Levithan

“You cannot live for anyone else’s sake. As much as you may want to, you can’t stay alive just because other people…

— David Levithan

“I'm still upset with my mother, though. And scared. If you lose me, I remember her saying when I was little and…

— David Levithan

“So many of us had to leave. But every single one of us wishes we hadn’t had to. Every single one of…

— David Levithan

“He looks off to the side and sees the two figures coming closer. Craig’s mother. His oldest brother, Sam, a senior at…

— David Levithan

“Sometimes perspective comes far too late. You cannot trust yourself. You think you can, but you can’t. Not because you are selfish.…

— David Levithan

exemplar, n. It's always something we have to negotiate- the face that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I…

— David Levithan

“So many of us had to make our own families. So many of us had to pretend when we were home. So…

— David Levithan

“When I was younger, I craved friendship and closeness. I make bonds without acknowledging how quickly and permanently they would break. I…

— David Levithan

“Harry’s father watches his son and feels something enormous inside of him. His own father would have never understood what he was…

— David Levithan