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Every relationship has a hard part at the beginning. This is our hard part. It's not like a puzzle piece where there's an instant fit. With relationships, you have to shape the pieces on each end before they go perfectly together.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
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Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Every
Shapes
Puzzle
Like
Beginning
Puzzles
Pieces
Perfectly
Relationship
Instant
Ends
Shape
Part
Relationships
Together
Fit
Hard
Piece

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