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We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each reading of each book is unique. But what a comfort it is to share readings and experiences. How lucky we are when we get to be alone together.
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But you know what they say about Gutshot: the population never goes up and never goes down, because every time a woman gets pregnant, a man leaves town.
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I hated hurting him. Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be glad to have me around, but I was the alpha and the omega of my parents' suffering.
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At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.
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They belong to their readers now, which is a great thing–because the books are more powerful in the hands of my readers than they could ever be in my hands.
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Don't worry. Worry is useless. I worried anyway
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I smiled. She smiled. I believed the smile.
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Keys show up when you reconcile yourself to the bus.
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...It was nice to spend time with someone so interesting.
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I couldn't hear a thing in the world but you. And it was so cold then, and so silent, and I loved you so much. Now it's hot and dead quiet again, and I love you still.
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I opened the door. He looked down at my shirt and smiled. Funny, he said. Don't call my boobs funny, I answered.
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