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“naked, adj.: The thrill of understanding that, for a brief moment, you are even more conscious of my body than I am”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“name, n.: I take a residual satisfaction every time I say it, as if our relationship has become a part of its meaning.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“nameless, adj.: The emptiness that devours even the words for it; the pit where you don't have the energy to find the walls.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“nap, v.: When you ask to steal a little bit of the best of the night and put it into the middle of the day, I happily oblige.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“narration, n.: I am unreliable with myself, but I’m also the most honest, informed voice I’ve got.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“narcissist, n.: It's not so much looking at your own image as it is thinking the whole world exists to reflect back on you.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“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.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“nascent, adj.: I was guilty, early on, of liking everything you posted, wanting to leave signposts for how much I liked you.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“naught, n.: The underlying terror that no matter what I do, I will still fall short of the connection, touching without holding.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“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.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“naughty, adj.: Treating someone else as if they were naught.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“navel, n.: The punctuation of a lost connection; no wonder we’re supposed to contemplate it.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“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.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“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.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“neat, adj.: I define acceptable clutter as anything that doesn't rot.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“nebulosity, n.: Happiness hazes me into a state where the nonsensical and the sensical blend into the transsensical, tinting euphoria.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“necromancy, n.: Bringing the exes back to life when you need them to make a point.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“necessary, adj.: A molecular balance of attachment and aloneness, the intensity of intersecting and the serenity of the solitary.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“neck, n.: At first I thought you were exaggerating, that a kiss in that spot could get such a reaction. Repetition proved it genuine.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com

“need, v.: Life requires love, but it does not require that love to come from a single source.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com