David Levithan Quotes

Need is never a good basis for any relationship.

Just because you have chemistry with someone doesn't mean you're naturally going to be the best for each other. You have make choices and prioritize.

Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation.

I wanted a relationship like the one my mother and father had. It wasn't perfect; they had to work on it. But there was an unbelievable mutual respect.

Everyone wants a loving, equal relationship.

We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own.

Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend.

It takes a lot of experience of life to see why some relationships last and others do not. But we do not have to wait for a crisis to get an idea of the future of a particular relationship. Our behavior in little every incidents tells us a great deal.

You should only be in a relationship if it adds to your life.

In love marriages, you at least know your partner. A known devil is better than an unknown one!

Too often we forget that an ideal partner is someone who enhances an already full existence.

I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like the other person, respect the other person and want to raise children with the other person.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person.

Enchanted partnership begins with the conscious understanding, on the part of two people, that the purpose of their relationship is not so much material as spiritual, and the internal skills demanded by it are prodigious.

I don't think love should make you feel uneasy. When you feel sick, I don't think that's love - that's infatuation.

Personally, I think fidelity is important. I don't see any point in being together if you're not being honest, having fun together, and respecting one another. Why would you stay in a relationship otherwise?

I think there's a big difference between loving someone out of duty and dependency and loving someone because you really are able to sort of grow and be whole in the context of that relationship.

Life is too short to be in relationships where you feel this isn't fully right.

When I get married, I think what matters is you should be happy with the person you are living with.

There's no point in being a relationship if the two of you don't support one another.

I'm not sure a pretty and stupid man might be the key to a happy relationship.

You don't get into a relationship just for the sake of having a boyfriend. Of course, you have hopes and dreams that your first relationship will be your last.

My experience of what a loving relationship is like rings true with a lot of people I meet. I have a theory that the people you meet, one way you choose them, is their suitability for you in that particular matter. Attitudes toward friendship and marriage are in many cases closely aligned.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.