David Levithan - Blog Posts

" When I told Dash I love you so much, I meant: I love you for your kindness and your snarliness. I love your for grossly over-tipping waitstaff when using your dad's credit card to "pay it forward." I love the way you look when reading a book- content and dreamy, off in another world. I love how you suggested I never read a Nicholas Sparks book, and when I did read one because I was curious, and then read some more, I love you for how confused and offended and downright angry you were. Not that I'd read them, but that I adored them. I love debating literary snobbery with you, and that you can at least recognize that even if you don't like "pandering, insincere, faux romantic garbage," that lots of other people- including your girlfriend- do. I love you for loving my great-aunt almost as much as I do. I love how much brighter and sweeter and more interesting my life has been since you've been a part of it. I love you for answering the call of a red notebook once upon a time. "

The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohen and David Levithan

Angourie Rice and Owen Teague as Rhiannon and A (Alexander) from the Every Day movie poster. Drawn with Prismacolor pencil and white gel pen, July 2018

-The lover’s dictionary: a love story in 185 definitions, David Levithan

“And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.”

— David Levithan

I am learning to further allow myself to enjoy the moment. The in-betweens. The silence between two songs playing. The patience it takes to wait for hot coffee to cool. I am taking deep breaths ten times over and then ten times again. I am being brave in the times it matters (which is always).

I am learning to be okay with beginnings, endings, and what lies in the middle. I am learning to be okay with living, with experiencing.

Quote from the novel "Every Day" by David Levithan