“this might be the happy ending without the ending”

“The opposite of the happy ending is not actually the sad ending--the sad endingsometimes the happy ending. The opposite of the happy ending is actually theending.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

“Happy endings are still endings.”

Gregory Maguire book Son of a Witch

“I treat vegetarianism as a phase that might any second end without warning.”

Amit Chaudhuri (1962) contemporary Indian-English novelist

“Tell me a story, Pew.
What kind of story, child?
A story with a happy ending.
There's no such thing in all the world.
As a happy ending?
As an ending.”

Jeanette Winterson book Lighthousekeeping

“Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“The world was ending then, it's ending still, and I'm happy to belong to it again.”

Jonathan Franzen book How to Be Alone

“Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses.”

Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator

“Happy endings are a luxury of fiction.”

Trudi Canavan (1969) Australian writer

“The happiness of society is the end of government.”

John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States