“There are these moments you think you won’t survive. And then you survive.”
"You are both the source of my happiness and the one I want to share it with."
- David Levithan
Love
"I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten. It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF."
- David Levithan
Self-awareness
"My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away."
- David Levithan
Happiness
"Music is everywhere. It's in the air between us, waiting to be sung."
- David Levithan
Inspiration
"Everyone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough."
- David Levithan
Adversity
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience