Ryan and Avery Quotes

“It seems to me you're erring on the side of good foolishness, not bad foolishness. To which I say: Carry on.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“But love doesn't have to be defined by what or how much it consumes. It can be providing as well.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“When the training wheels fall off, the thing you have to do is pedal forward. Pedal like you know it will work. That way, you don't fall. That way, you soar.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“Because the people you love lead you to places you wouldn't have ordinarily gone. The people you love become places you wouldn't have ordinarily gone.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“With some people, the minute you start talking, it feels like you've known them for years. It only means that you were supposed to meet sooner. You're feeling all the time you should've known each other but didn't.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“The unknown is always scary, and when your kid is involved, it exponentially scarier.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“At the start, it's easy to fall into the trap of wanting to be impressive. But most people aren't looking for impressive - they're looking for respectful, someone who listens as well as they speak, someone who wants to understand the things they don't understand, rather than assuming they know if from the start.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“Because you - you are the most sense I've felt in a long, long time. Maybe ever.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“...the closer you get to a person, the more you leave behind with them when you have to be apart; the feeling of reunion that comes when you are back together is not only a reunion with the person you love, but also a reunion with the part of yourself you left behind. If the love is worth its weight, then the part you've missed is one of your better, kinder, happier parts. Which is why you feel better, kinder, and happier when you're together again.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“When Ryan's pickup appears within the snowfall, Avery's heart becomes the opposite of snowfall-that strange, windblown moment when you look and see the snow is actually drifting upward. Snowrise. When Avery sees Ryan pulling into his driveway, his heart is snowrise.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“Avery needs to think about this as it's happening. Avery needs to understand it in order to enjoy it.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“Avery gestures to a dollar store named Dollar Store. “Want to buy some dollars?” he asks. “How much do they cost?” Ryan asks back.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery

“Both boys talking about unicorns and parents and erasers shaped like stars. Both boys debating whether there was really anything guilty about guilty pleasures. Both boys taking pleasure in deciding there was not.”
― David Levithan, Ryan and Avery