You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it?
Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it?