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Speaking of Looking for Alaska, happy first birthday to peopleraindrizzlehurricane, the tumblr devoted entirely to reblogging a single quote from Looking for Alaska. The astonishing variety and beauty of these quotes never ceases to amaze me, particularly since—true story—I almost cut it in the last revision. (My editor convinced me to keep it, and then convinced me to change one word. My original line was, “If people were precipitation, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”) 
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peopleraindrizzlehurricane:

happy birthday blog

Speaking of Looking for Alaska, happy first birthday to peopleraindrizzlehurricane, the tumblr devoted entirely to reblogging a single quote from Looking for Alaska. The astonishing variety and beauty of these quotes never ceases to amaze me, particularly since—true story—I almost cut it in the last revision. (My editor convinced me to keep it, and then convinced me to change one word. My original line was, “If people were precipitation, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”) 

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    Reblogging for John’s bit about the history of the line. It’s amazing to think that it’s so popular, but is lucky to...
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This is the tumblr of John Green, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and half of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. I am also the co-creator of the vlogbrothers youtube channel.

I am best known on tumblr for a drizzle/hurricane metaphor.

You can ask me questions only if you agree not to get mad if I don't answer.

FAQ:
1. Why is your tumblr name fishingboatproceeds?
2. What does DFTBA stand for?
3. Do you and Hank consider yourself nerdfighters?
4. So, does the actual John Green run this tumblr, or is it run by an assistant?
5. Would you release a book that isn't YA?
6. Would you ever write a YA book with an adult in a key role?
7. How do I become a nerdfighter?
8. What's the story behind Pizza John?
9. How do you pronounce bufriedo?
10. How do you feel about the TFiOS movie rights being optioned?
11. Do you get a thrill from killing your characters?
12. "You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them." 
Can you talk about this?
13. What's this drizzle/hurricane metaphor that you're best known for on tumblr?

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