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To love--to fall--is not a question. To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Touch
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Question
Fall
Speak
Love
Kiss
Kissing

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