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I had forgotten this about love: how the simple things- the turn away, the turn towards- could be so complicated, and how the complicated things- the stolen night, the right words- could be so simple.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Away
Stolen
Night
Complicated
Right
Towards
Things
Forgotten
Love
Turn
Turns
Simple
Words

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