Every Day (Every Day, #1)

by David Levithan

The sound of words as they’re said is always different from the sound they make when they’re heard, because the speaker hears some of the sound from the inside.

so true

I feel such a tenderness for these vulnerable nighttime conversations, the way words take a different shape in the air when there’s no light in the room. I think of the rare jackpot nights when I ended the day at a sleepover or sharing the room with a sibling or a friend I genuinely liked. Those conversations could trick me into believing I could say anything, even though there was so much I was holding back. Eventually the night would take its hold, but it would always feel like I was fading to sleep rather than falling.