--- title: "10 Pieces Quotes By David Levithan" description: "10 Pieces quotes by David Levithan. Plus more from David Levithan and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/david-levithan-67_believer_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all_38026.jpg" --- > [I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all-the-random-pieces-coming/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/david-levithan-67_believer_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all_38026.jpg) > [I want to take back the secrets I told you so I can decide now whether to tell them to you again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-want-to-take-back-the-secrets-i-told-you-so-i-can-decide-now/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/david-levithan-67_feels_i-want-to-take-back-the-secrets-i-told-y_1387119.jpg) > [My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/my-main-piece-of-advice-would-be-dont-worry-about-being-published/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/david-levithan-67_advice_my-main-piece-of-advice-would-be-dont-wo_1921361.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/david-levithan-67_back-together_when-things-break-it-s-not-the-actual-br_2312468.jpg) > [Every relationship has a hard part at the beginning. This is our hard part. It's not like a puzzle piece where there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/every-relationship-has-a-hard-part-at-the-beginning-this-is-our-hard/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/david-levithan-67_ends_every-relationship-has-a-hard-part-at-th_1924965.jpg) > [There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/there-was-a-pause-i-was-still-scared-by-every-gap-in-our-conversation/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/david-levithan-67_communication_there-was-a-pause-i-was-still-scared-by_3118209.jpg) > [I used to think that when I got older, the world would make so much more sense. But you know what? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-used-to-think-that-when-i-got-older-the-world-would-make-so-much/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/david-levithan-67_believe_i-used-to-think-that-when-i-got-older-th_1404048.jpg) > [That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/that-whole-week-we-started-to-divide-things-into-those-two-categories/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/david-levithan-67_categories_that-whole-week-we-started-to-divide-thi_2954723.jpg) > [I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-am-a-drifter-and-as-lonely-as-that-can-be-it-is-also-remarkably-2/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/529/david-levithan-67_burden_i-am-a-drifter-and-as-lonely-as-that-can_2843832.jpg) > [“…Then it hits me. Maybe we’re the pieces, What? Maybe that’s it. With what you were talking about before. The world being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/then-it-hits-me-maybe-we-re-the-pieces-what-maybe-that-s-it-with-what/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/david-levithan-67_breaking_then-it-hits-me-maybe-we-re-the-pieces-w_592536.jpg) ## Other authors on Pieces ## 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/pieces/david-levithan/#itemlist", "name": "10 Pieces Quotes By David Levithan", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Levithan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all-the-random-pieces-coming/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/david-levithan-67_believer_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all_38026.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/david-levithan-67_believer_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all_38026.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/david-levithan-67_believer_i-am-a-firm-believer-in-serendipity-all_38026.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when…” — David Levithan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to take back the secrets I told you so I can decide now whether to tell them to you again. 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