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Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.
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Neither Novels Or Their Readers Benefit From

John Green
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.
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