David Levithan Quotes About Skins
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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.
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I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin.
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I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.
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People say that time slips through our fingers like sand. What they don't acknowledge is that some of the sand sticks to the skin. These are memories that will remain, memories of the time when there was still time left.
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