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What a strange phrase — –not seeing other people. As if it’s been constructed to be a lie. We see other people all the time. The question is what we do about it.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have no idea how much I love you.
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I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.
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We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.
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Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.
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