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“I'm grateful when stories come in a rush, although I…” quote by Kelly Link — Download Open image

“I'm grateful when stories come in a rush, although I keep an eye on them afterwards, to see whether they hold together. It's harder to judge the ones that took so long to finish. With those, I've lost perspective. Mostly I'm just glad that I can be done with them.”

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