Character Quote by Stef Penney

“Endings are never neat, because when life goes on, there is no end. You may want to speculate about what the characters get up to afterwards, but I feel it would be presumptuous of me to dictate that.” quote by Stef Penney — Download Open image

“Endings are never neat, because when life goes on, there is no end. You may want to speculate about what the characters get up to afterwards, but I feel it would be presumptuous of me to dictate that.”

Stef Penney

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...it just goes to show you can't leave anything behind. You bring it all with you, whether you want to or not.

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I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.

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I don't use real people for inspiration.

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