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I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, ...

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John Green (author)Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun. True connoisseurs, however, are known to favor ...

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And then she began to cry, and when I asked her why she was doing that, she said it was because I wa...

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October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a boo...

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I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much.

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Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest

There are no happy endings, he knew, because nothing ends; and if there were any being dispensed, a ...

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You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the...

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In the end it wins a king's daughter, who is expected to burn its hedgehog-skin at night, and does s...

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A book for children, like the myths and folktales that tend to slide into it, is really a blueprint ...

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I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is becau...

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Edward AbbeyPostcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.

Have you thought of an ending?""Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant.""Oh, that won't do! B...

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