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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
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
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Open
Fear
Easy
Narcotic
Experience
Narcotics
Moments
Belonging
Else
Damage
Someone
Bother
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Loneliness

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