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I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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Oh, my god, Augustus said. i can't believe i have a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes. i was thirteen, i said again, although of course i was only thinking crush crush crush crush crush. I was flattered but changed the subject immediately.
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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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We're not going to break anything. Don't think of it as breaking in to SeaWorld. Think of it as visiting SeaWorld in the middle of the night for free.
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