Quotes From "Wide Awake" By David Levithan

The good old days needed a lot of improvement. People...
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The good old days needed a lot of improvement. People aren't the only things that get better with age. David Levithan
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The houses have been condemned on Memory LaneI’m tired of this struggle that leaves everything the same I’ve tried so hard to make it workthat I’m dying inside Well, you can take my past But you can’t have my tomorrow Promises that remain promises are useless and they’re cheap I wish I could put a price on words so I could make them keep I put so much faith in you I lost all my faith in me Well, you can take my past But you can’t have my tomorrow I’m giving up on giving up I can’t leave it all to prayer‘ Cause the first step in getting betteris knowing what’s not there You said you’d make it betterand that just makes it worse Well, you can take my past But you can’t have my tomorrow Yes, I want my life to last So you can’t have my tomorrow No, you can’t have my tomorrow . David Levithan
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It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now. Shelly Crane
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Feelings don’t follow rules. Guilt does. Fear does. But attraction? No way. David Levithan
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I want to give you back your first kiss, the one that jerk stole fromyou. And I want it to be something that even a coma can't make youforget. Shelly Crane
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I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you only see one thing in me. David Levithan
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It was the most amazing feeling in the world. to know that something right happened, and to know that it had happened not through luck or command but simply because it was right. David Levithan
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We are not taught "love thy neighbor unless their skin is a different color from yours " or "love thy neighbor unless they don't make money as you do" or "love thy neighbor unless they don't share your belies." We are taught "love thy neighbor". No exceptions. We are all in this together - every single one of us. And the only way we are going to survive as a society is through compassion. A Great Community does not mean we all think the same things or do the same things. It simply means we are willing to work together and are willing to love despite our differences. David Levithan
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You don't realize - the great thing about change is how quickly we get used to it. So I'm not complaining. the more things change, the more they don't stay the same. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They might not change everywhere all at once - but there are moments when the impossible becomes the inevitable, and the rest is just a matter of time. David Levithan
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It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by page but couldn't be torn if the pages all held together. David Levithan
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Because that's the thing about mean people: They make you think that the world will never work, that there are divides that you will fall into if you approach. It takes a whole lot of good people to fill in the breach created by a single mean one. David Levithan
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And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right. David Levithan
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The more kindness and justice are challenged, the more we must embrace them. Only when you are challenged - and only when you challenge yourself - do you discover what truly matters. David Levithan
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Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take. David Levithan
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I was always thinking in terms of too much or not enough, rarely allowing myself that crucial space in between. Except when he was around. Except when we were really together. Then I could forget– I couldn’t turn it off, but I could forget to turn it on. Gradually, the columns began to tip. I lost track of keeping track. In order to let us be, I let myself be. David Levithan