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the existence of broccoli does not in any way affect the taste of chocolate
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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One of the jobs of a writer is to add nuance and ambiguity to that straight line that people often draw to very specific kinds of heroism. Most of us don't get to be Snooki. For most of us heroism has to be in our everyday lives.
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Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind.
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So why don't you go home for vacations?' I asked her. I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them.
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