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When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Needs
Something
Onto
Gets
Hold
Whatever
Need
Take

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