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The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Clock
Hear
Times
Always
Ticks
Tick

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