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There is no word for our kind of friendship. Two people who don't see each other a lot, but can make each other effortlessly happy

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Make
People
Effortlessly
Friendship
Word
Happy
Two
Kind

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