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Sometimes memory tricks you. Sometimes beauty is best when it's distant.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Best
Sometimes
Distant
Tricks
Memory
Memories
Beauty

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