It looked like an old painting, but real - everything achingly idyllic…

John Green
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It looked like an old painting, but real - everything achingly idyllic in the morning light - and I thought about how wonderfully strange it would be to live in a place where almost everything had been built by the dead. ✨ John Green (2012). The Fault in Our Stars, p.106, Penguin UK
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It looked like an old painting, but real - everything achingly idyllic in the morning light - and I thought about how wonderfully strange it would be to live in a place where almost everything had been built by the dead. ✨ John Green (2012). The Fault in Our Stars, p.106, Penguin UK

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