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This is the trap of having something to live for: Everything else seems lifeless.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Something
Lifeless
Trap
Traps
Else
Seems
Live
Everything

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