“A happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.”
— Peter S. Beagle, book The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn (1968)
Context: The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. … Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.
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