Happy Endings Quotes

• If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

  Orson Welles

  Happiness, Writing, Optimistic

  Orson Welles, Mark W. Estrin (2002). “Orson Welles: Interviews”, p.221, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.

  Shel Silverstein

  Life Lesson, Giving, Middle

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• happy endings start with new beginnings.

  Luanne Rice

  New Beginnings

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• True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.

  Barbara Johnson

  True Love, Letting Go, Goodbye

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• There are no happy endings.

  George R. R. Martin

  George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.225, Bantam

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• I don't believe in happy endings but I believe in happy journeys.

  George Clooney

  Believe, Journey, Inspirational Celebrity

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• You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

  Nora Roberts

  Believe, Risk

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• What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Islamic, Ends, Flawed

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• What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

  William Dean Howells

  Tragedy, Theatre, Want

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• If we own the story then we can write the ending.

  Brené Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Happy endings always made her cry. It was the relief.

  Liane Moriarty

  Relief, Cry, Made

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• True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

  Alexander the Great

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• When we're young, we like happy endings. When we're a little older, we think happy endings are unrealistic and so we prefer bad but credible endings. When we're older still, we realize happy endings aren't so bad after all.

  Margaret Atwood

  Thinking, Littles, Realizing

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• Happy endings were never handed out. You had to fight for them, earn them with bruised hearts and sacrifices.

  Kim Harrison

  Heart, Fighting, Sacrifice

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• And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

  Stephen King

  Real, Neat, Life Ending

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• Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings.

  David O. Russell

  Unhappy, Unhappy Endings

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Our lives are our mythic journeys, and our happy endings are still to be won.

  Terri Windling

  Journey, Stills, Our Lives

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• Happy endings are still endings.

  Gregory Maguire

  Stills

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• there never is a happy ending because nothing ever ends.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Ends

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• I am not a great believer in fairy tales. Every woman should fight hard for her own happy endings. Although occasionally it is nice to wake up as a princess.

  Donatella Versace

  Nice, Princess, Fighting

  "Designers' Costume Drama". www.harpersbazaar.com. August 26, 2008.

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• There are no happy endings, only breaks in the regular action.

  Lauren Oliver

  Action, Break

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• Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.

  Kristin Hannah

  Stories, Love Story

  Kristin Hannah (2015). “The Nightingale”, p.300, Pan Macmillan

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• Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.

  Michelle Yeoh

  Inspirational, Life, Choices

  "Fictional character: Soothsayer". "Kung Fu Panda 2", www.imdb.com. 2011.

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• Life isn't a fairy tale, and happy endings are few and far between

  Kristen Bell

  Fairy Tale, Fairy, Tales

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• I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings.

  Isabel Gillies

  Inspirational, Marriage, Hurt

  Isabel Gillies (2009). “Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story”, p.245, Simon and Schuster

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