It’s a quote that you may have seen online, attributed to best-selling author John Green. The sentiment is certainly thought-provoking, but there’s one problem: Green never wrote it.
The writer, whose hit book “The Fault in Our Stars” was made into a hit movie last summer, made the revelation in a YouTube video he posted on Tuesday, after only recently having realized what he said was a mistake.
“When I saw the quote, I assumed it came from [my book] ‘Paper Towns,'” he said.
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“I’m still in a state of shock about the situation, actually,” she said.
“I never expected any of this to happen. I’ve always looked up to John Green as a role model. I know that if this happened to me with another person or company, nothing of this caliber would have occurred. He is the prime example of a wonderful person.”
Attempts to reach Green through his publicist were not answered.
