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i have never had anybody talk to me like this. this is not a flirty sixth-grade phone call or bantering with friends or words passed in a note. i feel that if my soul could talk it would talk like this.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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