naïve, adj.: Love will solve everything!
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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
naked, adj.: The thrill of understanding that, for a brief moment, you are even more conscious of my body than I am
name, n.: I take a residual satisfaction every time I say it, as if our relationship has become a part of its meaning.
narrow, v.: The shape of one person’s body isn’t nearly expansive enough to contain the focus of all of another person’s love.
nascent, adj.: I was guilty, early on, of liking everything you posted, wanting to leave signposts for how much I liked you.
natural, adj.: Doubt may be as inherent as the desire to breathe, but there are long stretches with you when I can forget about air.
navel, n.: The punctuation of a lost connection; no wonder we’re supposed to contemplate it.
navigate, v.: I need to believe in you as the star that will help me get my bearings when it comes to the truth and what I should do.
nearness, n.: Even if you can't touch its walls, know the house will shelter you; even if you can't see its ceiling, know my love protects.
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.
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.
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.