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When you live as I do, you cannot indulge in jealousy. If you do, it will rip you apart.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Jealousy
Apart
Cannot
Live
Rip
Indulge

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