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My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Nothing
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Eyes
Face
Wrong
Faces
Perpetually
Eye
Square
Bigs
Squares
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Surprised

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