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And just like that, the universe goes wrong. Just like that, all the enormity seems to shrink into a ball and float away from my reach. I feel it, and she doesn't. Or I feel it, and she won't.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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