neat, adj.: I define acceptable clutter as anything that doesn't rot.
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David Levithan
David Levithan (born September 7, 1972) is an American young adult fiction author and editor. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2003. He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. At 19, Levithan received an internship at Scholastic Corporation where he began working on the The Baby-sitters Club series. Levithan still works for Scholastic as an editorial director. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a young-adult imprint of Scholastic Press focusing on new voices and new authors. PUSH publishes edgier material for young adults and is where Patricia McCormick got her start with 2002's Cut. In an interview with Barnes & Noble, Levithan claimed that he learned how to write books that were both funny and touching from Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. He continues to work as both a writer and editor saying, "I love editing just as much, if not more than writing". Levithan's first collaboration with Rachel Cohn, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, was published in 2006 and adapted for the big screen in 200
nebulosity, n.: Happiness hazes me into a state where the nonsensical and the sensical blend into the transsensical, tinting euphoria.
necromancy, n.: Bringing the exes back to life when you need them to make a point.
necessary, adj.: A molecular balance of attachment and aloneness, the intensity of intersecting and the serenity of the solitary.
neck, n.: At first I thought you were exaggerating, that a kiss in that spot could get such a reaction. Repetition proved it genuine.
need, v.: Life requires love, but it does not require that love to come from a single source.
needy, adj.: You wear your desire like a choking, pewter scarf, and find that suddenly everyone is allergic to pewter.
I can be wrong (a lot) but you can't use my being wrong as a reason to act like I don't get to have a voice in our conversation.
nefarious, adj.: There are men and women out there who collect broken hearts and like to display them when they ask you over.
neglect, v.: You don't even care if you care.
negotiable, adj.: It’s important not to link our disagreements. What we have for dinner has no bearing on whether we should be together.
neither, adv.: I am worried I will try too hard and lose you. I am worried that I will try too little and lose you.
nemesis, n.: We may not always want the same things, but we never want enough opposite things to consider ourselves in opposition.
neologism, n.: We decide that the verb for drinking while already considerably drunk should be ‘drunking.
nerve, n.: I’ve got a lot of it for feeling hurt so strongly; you’ve got a lot of it for ignoring this fact repeatedly.
nervous, adj.: Sometimes confidence escapes the room. Sometimes I throw it out the window. And other times, it’s taken from me.
network, v.: When you care more about who you know than actually knowing them, I don't want to participate.
neutral, adj.: Even if you think I’m wrong, I want you on my side, telling me I’m wrong.
never, adv.: I use this to mark my intentions; I cannot guarantee it or its opposite with absolute certainty.
newfound, adj.: I discover that learning about us is also leaning about myself.