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I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Wanting
Entirely
Stop
Alone
Used
Enough
Alternative
Never
Alternatives
Gotten

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