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Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Ever
Way
Love
Essential
Essentials
Painful
Anybody
Stand
Wish

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