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Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Conjured
Magical
Outside
Create
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Things

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