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Feeling someone else's anger is bad being left alone is worse.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Feeling
Left
Feelings
Else
Someone
Anger
Worse
Alone

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