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Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Though
Stills
Still
Better
Everything
Right
Even
Breaks
Break

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