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Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Yes, time can be buoyed by wordlessness, but it needs to be anchored in words.
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And once again I think about how people use the devil as an alias for the things they fear. The cause and effect is backward. The devil doesn't make anyone do anything. People just do things and blame the devil after.
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