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The great Toni Morrison, the U.S.’s only living winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is 82 today. 
I love all of Morrison’s books, but Song of Solomon (which I first read in high school) and Sula (which I first read as a freshman in college) have been particularly important to me. Both those books have done so much to shape my feelings about what fictions can accomplish, and how much they can matter in the real lives of their readers.
A couple lines that have stuck with me through the years:
“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?” Pilate, in Song of Solomon.
“Love is never better than the lover,” -Claudia, in The Bluest Eye
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The great Toni Morrison, the U.S.’s only living winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is 82 today. 

I love all of Morrison’s books, but Song of Solomon (which I first read in high school) and Sula (which I first read as a freshman in college) have been particularly important to me. Both those books have done so much to shape my feelings about what fictions can accomplish, and how much they can matter in the real lives of their readers.

A couple lines that have stuck with me through the years:

“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?” Pilate, in Song of Solomon.

“Love is never better than the lover,” -Claudia, in The Bluest Eye

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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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