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The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.
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arrears, n. My faithfulness was as unthinking as your lapse. Of all the things I though would go wrong, I never thought it would be that. It was a mistake, you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.
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