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Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Measure
Feeling
Moment
Hope
Feelings
Moments
Else
Everything
Measured

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