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Why do we even bother? Why do we make ourselves so open to such easy damage? Is it all loneliness? Is it all fear? Or is it just to experience those narcotic moments of belonging with someone else?

David Levithan

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