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Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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It's hard as hell to hold on to your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes, and that's what I was thinking about as we hunted for bad guys through the ruins of a city that didn't exist.
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One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for example say you're in high school and you're a boy and you say to a girl: Do you like anyone right now? - that's not the question you're asking. The question you're asking is, do you like me right now.
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I mean, it’s stupid to miss someone you didn’t even get along with. But I don’t know, it was nice, you know, having someone you could always fight with.
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As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.
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