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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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Short Hills
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Shrink
Universe
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Shrinks
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