1. "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?"
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
2. "The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to say it out loud to someone who deserved to hear it. What we hoped, and what we found, was that the second sentence of the truth is always easier than the first, and the third sentence is even easier than that. Suddenly you are speaking the truth in paragraphs, in pages. The fear, the nervousness, is still there, but it is joined by a new confidence. All along, you've used the first sentence as a lock. But now you find that it's the key."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
3. "He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
4. "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."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
5. "There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
6. "When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
7. "It is very hard to stay alive just for your own sake. It is very hard to stare into day after day without another familiar face staring back. It turns your heart into a purposeless muscle."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
8. "Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
9. "It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is hard to stop seeing your parents as parents and to start seeing them as human beings. It's a two-sided transition, and very few people manage it gracefully."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing
10. "Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do."
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David Levithan, Two Boys Kissing