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Her mind is an unquiet one, words and thoughts and impulses constantly crashing into each other.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Mind
Unquiet
Crashing
Impulses
Impulse
Constantly
Thoughts
Words

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