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People say that time slips through our fingers like sand. What they don't acknowledge is that some of the sand sticks to the skin. These are memories that will remain, memories of the time when there was still time left.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
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