Happy Ever After Quotes

• Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree that nothing about marriage is forever happy. There are moments of bliss, to be sure, and lengthy spans of satisfied companionship. Yet these come at no small effort, and the girl who reads such fiction dreaming her troubles will end ere she departs the altar is well advised to seek at once a rational women to set her straight.

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock

  Girl, Dream, Couple

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2009). “Princess Ben”, p.338, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.

  Zane Grey

  Moon, Blue, Funny Things

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• HAPPY EVER AFTER is a concept I'll never believe in. I would be content to sample some little taste of happiness today, tonight, right now. Though I know without a doubt that tomorrow will come saturated with pain. Life is like that. At least my life. And honestly, I cant think of anyone whose life is any different. The price tag for joy is misery. [...]

  Ellen Hopkins

  Pain, Believe, Thinking

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• - "Women should all move to Amazonia, or at least vacation there four times a year." - "Amazonia?" - "It's the girl world in my head, where I go when I'm annoyed with Carter, or just men in general. There are five shoe stores per capita, nothing has any calories, and all the books and movies end happy ever after." - "I like Amazonia. When do we leave?

  Nora Roberts

  Girl, Moving, Book

  Nora Roberts (2010). “Happy Ever After”, p.211, Penguin

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• My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.

  Nora Roberts

  Mother, Bulls, Ever After

  Nora Roberts (2010). “Happy Ever After”, p.245, Penguin

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• Here's hoping that your special day
  Will be more 'happy ever after'
  With all the joys of friendship,
  Love, fun and laughter

  John Walter Bratton

  Laughter, Fun, Wedding Anniversary

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• How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, and no happy ever after. This is a tough sell.

  Phil Plait

  Father, Thinking, Afterlife

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• Our story is a 'once upon a time', but it's not a 'happy ever after'.

  Rupert Sanders

  Once Upon A Time, Stories, Ever After

  "Snow White & The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders is living the fairy tale". Interview with Francesca Babb, www.theguardian.com. June 01, 2012.

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• I do believe in happy-ever-after.

  Tamara Ecclestone

  Believe, Ever After

  "It's Not Easy Being A Billionaire Heiress Lingerie Model" by Nigel Farndale, www.businessinsider.com. September 25, 2012.

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