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He was my first boyfriend, and I made him my everything - he was my new life, my new love, my new compass point. I guess that's the danger with firsts - you lose all sense of proportion.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Life
Loses
Point
Sense
Boyfriend
Firsts
Compass
Everything
Proportion
First
Guess
Made
Danger
Love
Lose

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