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I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Hurt
Wonder
Possible
Start
Else
Someone
Without
Hurting
Relationship

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