David Levithan Quotes

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

I still believe in love, most definitely. I'm just going to let that take the lead.

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?

It's always a leap of faith when you get involved with somebody.

Everyone is scared of getting hurt, but having been there and taken the chance on someone and fallen in love - it's worth getting past all of your heart's reservations, regardless of how things transpire.

We shouldn't be scared of love.

Daring to love someone is something we all do.

Can't keep Love like money in the bank

I believe love opens people up.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

I think love can be really tough. Because it involves ultimately an honesty to the nth degree that you are capable of. Once said, you've lost your deposit. It's best if you don't say it.

I believe love isn't simple, and it's one of the things that makes people break all the rules.

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.

There is nothing you can control about love.

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

I've never been afraid to fall in love, nor impatient to find it.

I am totally open to being in love.

I'm cautious in matters of the heart.

When you love someone, they have a piece of you, one of the most important pieces of you, and that's your heart. And when you decide to love freely and love hard - like I do myself - that's a risk that you're taking - getting hurt.

The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.

This truth remains: Only those you care about can hurt you. You expect more from them-after all, you've given more of yourself to them. The higher the expectations, the greater the fall.

Loving is half of believing.

I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over

Only in love is there trust - even the possibility of trust.

I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception? I know that relationships don’t last. And yet, with him, the risk of not being with him is much worse than any other hurt I can imagine.