My favorite book, by a wide margin, was An Imperial Affliction, but I didn’t like to tell
people about it. Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical
zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together
unless and until all living humansread the book. And then there are books like An Imperial Affliction,
which you can’t tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your
affection feels like a betrayal.
— John Green
romance