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How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
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Tomb
Nothing
Statue
Must
Tombs
Preserved
Statues
Hollow
Forgotten
Story

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