“We might have to start a spin-off podcast where we just watch Willem Dafoe movies.”
It’s our first contemporary novel, and we decided to go straight to the top. Arguably the most emblematic and decidedly the most successful book of its era, it’s John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (2012). We laugh, reminisce on our youths, ponder human existence, and try not to cry throughout this very big episode. Apologies in advance for our attempts to pronounce Lidewij. Okay? Okay.
Emetophobia warning: a very realistic sound effect is made at 32:23.
“There’s a certain Slant of light, (320)”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45723/theres-a-certain-slant-of-light-320
”The Red Wheelbarrow”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45502/the-red-wheelbarrow
Zeno’s paradox and infinities: https://slate.com/technology/2014/03/zenos-paradox-how-to-explain-the-solution-to-achilles-and-the-tortoise-to-a-child.html
Explaining (and solving) Zeno’s paradox in further detail: https://gori70.medium.com/the-solution-of-the-paradox-of-achilles-and-the-tortoise-f618b23c25e
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