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You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to get to beauty, and even then, when you get there, you still have to wake her up. — Tiny Cooper

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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