Love Is the Higher Law
David Levithan
Top 10 Best Quotes
“There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.”
“I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.”
“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.”
“I want to have faith in strangers. I want to have faith in what we're all going to do next. But I'm worried. I see things shifting from United We Stand to God Bless America. I don't believe in God Bless America. I don't believe a higher power is standing beside us and guiding us. I don't believe we're being singled out. I believe much more in United We Stand. I have my doubts, but I want it to be true. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we really came together, if we really found a common humanity? The hitch is that you can't find a common humanity just because you have a common enemy. You have to find a common humanity because you believe that's true. ”
“If you start the day reading the obituaries, you live your day a little differently.”
“Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right.”
“We love and we feel and we try and we hope.”
“The secret to living long is to have something to live for.”
“Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.”
“The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did the right thing...On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring.”
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