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Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Enlightenment
Scary
Dark
Better
Look
Looks
Sometimes
Things

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