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Best Up Quotes by David Levithan
- I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.
- Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory that when we…
- I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go…
- In Sliding Doors, the whole idea is that every choice you make, and every single thing that happens to you changes the trajectory of your…
- Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.
- I love you,” she says. “I love you,” I say. And then we hang up, because nothing else needs to be said after that. I…
- Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.
- The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The…
- It is its own form of conversation -- you can learn a lot about people from the stories they tell, but you can also know…
- If other people see you differently, you’ll end up seeing them differently, too.
- You're giving up. You're slipping into being miserable and if you are being miserable, then it's all about you again. But it's not all about…
- Because what's the point of something virtual if it doesn't end up being real?
- I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.
- It feels like I am wasting time. I mean, that's always the case. My life doesn't add up to anything.
- We gather the things we learned, and they don't nearly add up to fill the space of a life. You will miss the taste of…
- If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.
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- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong