If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But…

Jodi Picoult
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If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2013). The Storyteller, p.459, Simon and Schuster
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If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2013). The Storyteller, p.459, Simon and Schuster

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