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I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have no idea how much I love you.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Love
Saying
Life
Idea
Write
Away
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Ideas
Writing
Much
Second

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