But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a nov…

John Green
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But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel ... it's ridiculous. That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear. The characters inhabiting it have no life outside of those scratches. What happened to them? They all ceased to exist the moment the novel ended. ✨ The Fault in Our Stars. Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.
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