Sara Thompson > Sara's Quotes

“Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust.

That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“Breathe, we want to tell Avery. Feel yourself breathe. Because that is as much a part of your body as anything else. Avery, we whisper, you are a marvel. And he is. He may never believe it, but he is.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“Like everyone else, Avery considers his inner world to be a scary, convoluted, inscrutable place. It is one thing to show someone your best, cleanest version. It's quite another to make him aware of your deeper, jagged self.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“And Avery looks up at just that moment and sees the blue-haired boy glancing his way.

Some of us applaud. Others look away, because it hurts too much.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing

“So what’s your story?” Ryan asks.
Avery looks up at him, hand still in the water. “My story?”
“Yeah. Everybody has at least one.”
― David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing