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Abandon Quote by Kelly Link

“I don't abandon stories once I've started working on them.…” quote by Kelly Link — Download Open image

“I don't abandon stories once I've started working on them. Once I sit down and start a story, I'll be damned if I'm going to give up on it. But I do reject most of the ideas for stories that I come up with.”

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