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Quotes Get Misused Out Of Context
- People often misattribute pithy quotes to authors without context, changing their intended meaning.
- John Green rejects a popular misquote about people and things because it misrepresents his views.
Water Worlds Are Real Possibilities
- Water-world planets (no land) are plausible and likely exist somewhere in the universe.
- Expect planetary sorting processes and pressure effects to shape whether a planet is fully liquid or has submerged land.
Stories Can Romanticize Suffering
- Cultural narratives can romanticize diseases and distort public perception.
- John Green notes Charlotte Brontë's portrayal of tuberculosis as 'beautiful' despite its brutal reality.