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When someone breaks up with you, their beauty-- which you took such satisfaction in-- suddenly becomes unfair.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Breaks
Suddenly
Satisfaction
Took
Becomes
Break
Beauty
Someone
Unfair

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