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The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Antidote
Uncertainty
Mistake
Thinking

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