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“At the time I first realized I might be fictional...”

— John Green

“I want either the fiction to be real or me to be fictional.”

— Andrea Závodská

“I love fictional characters...they can't break your heart.”

— Anonymous

“Life is too short to hide who you really are. Whether you’re a fictional character or a real person, you will not survive if…

— Hayley Guertin

“What does it say about me that I'm jealous of the lives of fictional characters?”

— Alyssa Goodnight

“Length is weight in fiction, pretty much.”

— Joan Silber

“this would be a very short tale. And you would not exist.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“The day when you shed a tear for the death of a fictional character, you know they have become more than a character.”

— Ryan J. Alls

“Fictional characters soon take on a life of their own. They run with the bit between their teeth.”

— Jay Parini

“Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual.”

— Rachel Caine

“Heroes may not live long in years, but they live forever in the stories.”

— Amit Kalantri

“She needed a break from me. Well, real ones anyway. Fictional men were fine: they knew their place. You could just pick up a…

— Victoria Connelly